Crooks, the stable buck, is a black man that experiences isolation in terms of racism. For example, he is forced to live alone in a separated room, in the barn. "[Crooks] had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn". Because the setting of this book takes place during the 1930's discrimination unfortunately still existed. The farmhands feel that, since he is black he is not worthy of living with the rest of them and as a result, they would - if ever - come into his room and talk to him. "He [Crooks] kept this distance and demanded that other people keep theirs". Furthermore, his separation

from others causes his severe loneliness. He spends his nights reading and his days alone in the barn looking after the horses. Crooks' distance from others eventually causes his downfall. We find discrimination being the major cause of this character's loneliness. Crook is treated as an outcast and an underling and is forced to find friendship in the only thing he can, the books he reads. Therefore, the emotional pain of Crooks is evident of him suffering from his loneliness.

The most evident case of loneliness in this novel is Curley's wife. No matter how hard she tries she can not fit in. For example, when she tries numerous times to talk to George and Lennie, she either was ignored or told 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' once in a while, think I like to stick in that house alla time?" Because of her reputation for being a flirt, none of the farmhands wanted to talk to

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)