Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck, is a literary novel set during the Great Depression. It’s about two migrant workers on a ranch in Soledad, California. The two, running from Weed fled to a new town with nothing good in store for them. Steinbeck illustrates the motif of loneliness in Of Mice and Men more evidently within Curley’s Wife, Crooks, and Candy with loss and detachment from society. Firstly, Crooks is a man whose loneliness begins from the color of his skin, while having no family and no one to confide in, the other men single him out due to his race. Crooks has lived in the barn on his own for quite a while, his tidiness and belongings show his maturity and intelligence. Crooks’ detachment is directly tied to his race, and that …show more content…
They had been together for what seemed like forever; his dog was like his best friend, his companion, and his strength to his weakness. Candy was afraid of being alone, and having no purpose. All he simply wishes for is not to die alone, useless, and sad. Candy was weak, old, and disabled. He had no friends at the ranch, everyone just came and went. He soon realized that as he gets older he becomes less and less of value, making him not of any service. Carlson shot Candy’s dog because he and the others claimed it was old, useless, and smelly. This made Candy think and wish that he would die just as the dog did because, like the dog, he was old and useless Steinbeck writes, “When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs” (Steinbeck 60). Candy was desperate and hopeless, he knew that similar to his dog he would sooner or later be unwanted. He was different from the rest, he wasn't real close with any of the other men and he couldn’t work as hard as they did. He was lonely, given that he never felt like he was stable, in spite of that his dog had filled that hole for him, but without it, he was nothing but