Of Mice and Men Essay In the John Steinbeck novel of Mice and Men, everyone is lonely and will try or do anything to stop being lonely. Curlys wife is the loneliest character she is willing to talk to anyone even Lennie. Crooks is also a lonely character he is willing to take any chance if he can make a friend, even if he knows he can't do help out. And Candy is lonely character the reason being that he had a best friend who later dies, Candy is feeling less of use he is willing to do anything to feel useful. Every character takes the opportunity to not be lonely even if they know that they're going to get hurt. Everyone is equal boy are girl, black are white, handicap are not so we should be treated as so. Curly's wife has many reasons for being lonely. Her main reason is because her husband doesn't allow her to be social. And because everyone thinks that she is a tart because she dresses as an actress which they find slutty and she always winks and flirts with everyone. When everyone was outside playing the horseshoe game Curley's wife explain to Lennie that she had an opportunity to be and actress ”Letter I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made …show more content…
When his dog gets shot he does not have much to live for. He cannot work with the other men and now has lost his one friend in the world. After everyone left the barn and a gunshot was heard in the distance Candy turns to George and says "You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn't no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody'd shoot me...""I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” Here Candy is explaining how he should of shoot his own dog, and how he feels that he is next because he was no different from the