Being powerless in society can cause one to be taken advantage of and mistreated. The book, Of Mice and Men, shows a great depiction of this. Lennie was viewed as a target by Curley, ever since he arrived at the ranch. Lennie, who struggled with his lack of common sense, relied on his best friend, George, to help him constantly. Curley, who saw Lennie as weak, decided to take out his anger on him, punching him in the face, simply for smiling, which is something that Lennie was unable to control. Also, Curley just generally constantly targeted Lennie for absolutely no reason besides his disability. He constantly treated him as less than and unimportant.
Racism can sometimes make people lose complete trust in others. One character in the book, Of Mice and Men, Crooks, was treated completely differently because he was black, and therefore, he lost trust in everyone else. He was forced to live in a cramped stable, apart from everyone else. Crooks was highly defensive, as shown when Lennie went to go talk to him. Crooks thought that no one wanted to talk to him and that all they wanted to do was hurt him. This was, in fact, not true in Lennie’s case. Lennie was just curious and had no bad intentions whatsoever. Crooks was immediately defensive whenever he was talked
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Of Mice and Men revolves around ranch workers, which, for the most part, are lonely. They move around from job to job by themselves, doing whatever it takes to survive. When Lennie and George arrive at the ranch, everyone is surprised to see two people arrive together. In Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry is depicted as especially lonely, ever since he lost his wife, Ethel. He does not have many people to talk to, considering how he does not have a wife and he has a difficult time communicating with his only son. Both books show an aspect of loneliness, which is why they can be seen as