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Loneliness is a basic part of human life. In his novel, Of Mice and

Men, John Steinbeck illustrates the loneliness of California ranch life

in the early 1930's and shows how people are driven to find

George and Lennie would truly be lonely if they did not have each

other. They consider each other family, even though they are so

different. To George, Lennie is like a pet or a little brother, because

George turns to him for friendship and someone to talk to. George's

frequently shares his philosophy about guys that work on ranches.

"Guys like us, that live on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the

world." He means that if not for each other, then they would be all

Curly's wife is lonely because of someone else, Curly. Everybody is

afraid to talk to her because Curly is extremely jealous and would

start a fight. She is always flirting with the workers, because she

does not like Curly and is looking for companionship. She even talks

listen to her, even when he does not want to talk. She is obviously

Crooks is isolated by his skin color. This makes him the loneliest of

do not get to know each other, they end up not having many friends.

travel together, and those that did grew up together.

and Lennie. He asks George if he can join them in their quest to own

even talk to him. However, when his dog dies, he has to look

searching again. Friendship is a very valuable thing to a person, as it

what happens when one of the friends is lost. This causes even more

someone to talk with them. The only downside to finding a friend is

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