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Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Multiple studies in 2012 suggest that isolation increases risk of death caused from heart complications, though even before then, John Steinbeck knew that loneliness was harmful. The characters all have some feeling of loneliness, but it affected them differently and their loneliness is different for each of them as well. Some of them are broken, some are desperate, and they all are hurt. Steinbeck uses this element to convey relation between the characters, while seeing the clear differentiation. In the novella Of Mice and Men, there are multiple ways that the character’s loneliness changes them, drives them, and affects their relationships.

The character Crooks is a prime example of how loneliness can change a person. He was always
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