analizing loneliness
...d and he would be safe. "A guy sets alone out here at night . . . sometimes he gets thinking' an' he got nothing to tell what's so an' what ain't so. Maybe if he sees somethin' he don't know whether it right or not" (pg. 73). If someone was there with Crooks, he could tell Crooks what was there or what was going on. Then when Candy came into the room, they started talking about their dream house and living off the land; Crooks wanted to join in. "If you. . . guys would want a hand to work for nothing--just his keep, why I'd come an' lend a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I wanted to" (pg. 76). Crooks was willing to give up everything he had, just to make his dream come true. Crooks was segregated and had no one to talk to. For these reasons and more he was lonely. Candy, the swamper, also showed his loneliness throughout the book. From the beginning of the story he was a misfit. He was old and had no hand. He was secluded from the rest of the people on the ranch. When all of the other men went to the field, he stayed at the bunk house. When Candy, Lennie, and George were in the bunk house his loneliness showed. "He [the boss] sure was burned when you wasn't here this morning. . . come right in while we was eaten' breakfast and says, 'where the hell's them new men?' an he give the stable buck hell too" (pg. 19). Candy doesn't even know George or Lennie and he starts talking gossip with them. He does this because he doesn't have anyone else to talk to. When candy overheard George and Lennie's dream of getting a piece of land, he was willing to give more than his share to join. "S'pose I went with you guys. Tha's three hundred an' fifty bucks I'd put in. I ain't much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some" (pg. 59). Candy was willing to do and give more than his share because he had no friends at the ranch. Through these examples Candy has shown his loneliness. The final character that showed loneliness the most throughout the book was Curley's wife. She was the only woman on the ranch and she was kept in the house most of the day. She constantly flirted with the men at the ranch to gain attention. One night everyone had gone into town and only Lennie, Curley's wife, Candy, and Crooks were at the ranch. Curley's wife came into Crook's room looking for Curley, even though she knew where he had gone. The three men told her to leave because she was going to cause trouble. "I ain't gonna cause you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to someone ever'...