Loneliness is one of the main emotions Of Mice and Men. Lenny must have been lonely and George too

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Loneliness Essay.

Loneliness is one of the main emotions Of Mice and Men. Lenny must have been lonely and George too. When we meet them in Of Mice and Men they already know each other and George has already saved Lenny from getting into trouble. Candy was lonely too because he has his dog that he couldn't bear to part with. Crooks is lonely because he doesn't live with the white people and is usually alone all day. Curley's Wife is lonely because she's always around the guys, looking for Curley or looking for something that she left there as an excuse to talk to someone. At one time Slim and Whit must have been lonely, but they're friends when we meet them. As you can see, loneliness is one of the key factors to this story. Everyone in this story was or is lonely.

Loneliness affects a lot of the characters in this story. A characterizing is lonely is Lenny. Lenny's lonely because George is usually yelling at him. Lenny and George are friends, but Lenny tries to talk with other people to make friends besides George. Lenny doesn't like to be around George after he gets mad at him. Lenny would try to make or be friendly to anyone. He makes friends with Crooks when nobody else would. Lenny also shows loneliness by his desire to pet things. This shows that he needs a friend who understands him. Lenny wants to have a friend that will understand him, too  

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One character that's lonely but doesn't seem to be is George. George is lonely because he's always yelling at Lenny. He's also lonely because he can't talk to Lenny the way he wants to in an adult manner. Usually when the two have a conversation, George has to repeat everything he says two or three times to Lenny so that Lenny understands and doesn't forget. George makes friends with Candy, Slim, and Whit to hopefully have a conversation with someone of his intelligence. He puts up with Lenny because he knows that if he's left alone, Lenny will probably ...

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