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             As you can see, Candy's eagerness to join in on Lennie and George's dream vision shows how desperate he is to be involved with people. The dream not only gives him hope and purpose, it also gives him some sort of cameraderie with other people. The people most bothered by loneliness in this novel --- Candy, Crooks, and Curley's wife --- all try to become associated with Lennie and George's dream.
             c. During the 1930's, loneliness plagued the masses of rural America. The widespread poverty and the lack of a true home were contributing factors to the feeling of loneliness felt by the working class people affected by the Depression. Unable to accomplish anything and forced to move from place, the majority of the rural population during this time dealt with loneliness similar to the characters in
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