I Heard the Owl Call My Name
"I ain't got no people," George said. "I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't no good. They don't have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They get wantin' to fight all the time" (41). A major theme in Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men is loneliness. The characters George, Lennie, Candy and Curley's wife each suffer from loneliness even though their isolation varied.The old swamper Candy, was destroyed by isolation as a result of two main factors,one being his disability and the other being his age. For example, throughout the book the reader finds the farmhands out bucking the barley while Candy is left behind to sweep and
She was ignored by both the farmhands and her own husband and because of this she was being forced into loneliness. For example, when she tried numerous times to talk to George and Lennie she was either ignored or told to leave. The most obvious case of loneliness is Curley's wife. He lost his hand after getting it caught in a piece of machinery and as a result he is forced to stay behind. Not only is it the way that others think of him but also the way he thinks of himself that forces him to find loneliness. He looks down on himself as an old worthless man that's throwing away his last few years. This major factor leads to his loneliness. Loneliness is one major unavoidable fact of life that not even the strongest can avoid. During the story Of Mice and Men the reader discovered the many sources of loneliness. Slim told George that its "funny how you an' him string along together" (39). Slim mentioned this to George because most of the ranchers didn't string along with anybody. George didn't want to get in any trouble with Curley so he told Lennie not to "even take a look at that bitch" (32). Most of the ranchers didn't care about anybody unlike Georgeand Lennie. Slim also told George that most ranchers "come in and get their bunk and work a month, and then theyquit and go out alone" (39).
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