Alone What do you think aloneness means? To me it means you have people there but you still are alone. In the book Of Mice and Men John talks about aloneness even though they all have someone to talk to. George is the main person who is going through aloneness. Aloneness is kinda like depression Because most people are sad not lonely. But what aloneness really means is “You are completed. Nobody else is needed.” ““George stared at his solitaire lay out.”” (Steinbeck 29). The game solitaire is meant to be played alone. So in this case George is playing alone but there are others around him there but he does not need them at all. George is now the caretaker of Lennie because Lennie is a big tall kid, But George does not need him.