Many of the characters in Of Mice and Men were isolated or alone. The three characters I chose were Crooks, Candy, and Slim. Crooks is a african american stable buck, Candy is a swamper, and Curley's wife. The people I chose are either isolated or don’t talk about their life. Steinbeck uses loneliness to give us a better message. Crooks is an african american stable buck who got kicked by horse and gave him a crooked back and that’s why he has a crooked back. In the story they only mention his name once or twice until chapter 3. Crooks is isolated in the story by him having the most items on the ranch, two of the items he has that makes him the oldest is a copy of the California civil code and ww2 right book. Crooks is isolated because he’s an african american and they didn't have much rights so he couldn’t stay in the bunkhouse cause of his ethnicity. Steinbeck uses Crooks in the story by showing that african americans were lonely and couldn’t socialize as much whites just because of their ethnicity. …show more content…
In the story Candy says ‘’ i’m so used to him i've had him since he was a pup’’ he talks about his dog but carlson shoots him and is alone. Candy is isolated because it says in page 60 when they can me I wont have no place to go and him losing his dog and how no one helped him it says in chapter 3 pg 45 ‘’Candy looked for help face to face’’. Candy is all alone and old, that dog was his companion and now it’s just him it says in chapter 3 pg 59 ‘’A shot sounded in the distance, men quickly look at candy and he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and layed silently. Steinbeck uses Candy in the story by telling us that you’ll never know when it’ll be your last day with the thing you care