Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Although they are not always noticed, discrimination and invisible barriers have always surrounded everyday life. In the prized novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck he illustrates the early eighteenth-century ranch life. During the Great Depression, it is shown that some people may be driven to find friendship in order to escape their loneliness. Two long-lived companions, George Milton and Lennie Smalls travel together facing various difficulties. The two characters create a binding friendship that is to be cherished and admired upon any individual who seeks a genuine relationship. The barriers that people cross in trying to maintain their loneliness, drives their actions and thoughts. Characters try to get over their obstacles by searching for friendship to escape their loneliness.
The most loneliest character in the book is Crook. His barrier is race, he is the only black man on the ranch. He is also forced to live in stable alone

Her barrier is gender, everyone on the ranch is male and Curley’s wife is the only female that’s on the ranch. Curley controls his wife and does not want her talking to the other men on the ranch, which leads her to feeling lonely. (Compound sentence) While trying to find Curley, she talks to Lennie. She wants to start a friendship with him, so she decides to talk to him, “ I get lonely. You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad.” (87). This shows how Curley’s wife wants to start a friendship with Lennie by talking to him. It also shows how she is not able to talk to other people besides Curley, which causes her to be lonely. Curley's wife's barrier is gener, her husband prohibits her from talking to other men on the ranch. Since she isn't able to talk to anyone besides Curley, so she gets lonely. When she gets lonely she makes actions like talking to Lennie to try to escape her loneliness. (Simple