To gain emotional stability, there is only one thing in life that is needed and that is friends. Without friends, people would suffer from loneliness. Loneliness leads to low self-esteem and depression. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curly's wife all experience some form of loneliness. They are driven towards the curiosity of George and Lennie's friendship because they do not have that support in their life. Throughout his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck demonstrates that, a person in isolation will have a never-ending quest to fulfill a friendship.
             " 'A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't matter no difference who the guy is, longs he with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick' " (Steinbeck, 72) Crooks is a black man that experiences isolation because the society in which he resides is racist. As a result, that quote was his means of finding a personal connection to Lennie. Like Lennie, Crooks has a 'relationship' with loneliness. He knows that when people get lonely, they tend to get sick. Crooks is rejected from every group of people and cannot socially interact with others.
             " 'Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm Black. They say I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me!'" (Steinbeck, 68) Although discrimination is present throughout the ranch, Crooks still attempts to make friends. Others treat Crooks unfairly because he is different from others given that he is black. He does not know how to treat others because of the way others treat him with disrespect. Crooks does not know how to rid his frustration and as a result, he lashes out at others because they are cruel to him. Crooks is not allowed to participate in daily events with white people. He is treated unfairly and therefore acts the same way toward the white peop
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