Of Mice & Men.
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In the novel, Of Mice and Men, most of the characters experience loneliness. You can assume somebody is lonely by how they act most of the time. Two characters from the novel who deeply experience loneliness is Crooks and Curleys wife. Throughout the book, there actions show that they feel like they dont belong.
Crooks is a man who works with Lennie and George. He is a black man who is very insecure. He is not aloud to sleep in the bunk house because of his color. Crooks also cannot play cards with the other men in the bunk house. Just because he isnt the same race, the other men treat him unfairly. He is not accepted for who he is as a person. You can see that he is very insecure and ashamed when he says “Cause Im black. They play cards in there, but I cant play because Im black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me” (Pg 72). He is trying to act like he doesnt care that they treat him with no respect by trying to give them insults back. Also in the quote “I aint wanted in the bunk houseД (Pg 75) shows discrimination. Crooks doesnt have a best friend like Lennie and George have each other. You can see this by Crooks saying to Lennie ” You got George. You know hes going to come back. Suppose you didnt have nobody. Suppose you couldnt go to the bunk house and play rummy because you was black” (Pg 72). The other men are racist toward crooks and that makes him feel unwanted.
Another character who is lonely, in my opinion, is Curleys wife. Curly doesnt really let her talk to the other men. Curley seems to be a very controlling husband. He acts like his wife is only good for one thing and that makes her feel betrayed and used. She doesnt really have anyone. Curleys wife acts like she is in need for attention and a friend. She was not even able to achieve her dream/goal so that