Isolation and Loneliness in 'of mice and men'
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- Created on: 25-03-13 17:25
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- Loneliness and Isolation In 'Of Mice and Men'
- Everyone on the ranch is lonely
- George: 'They got no family' (orphans)
- The ranchers don't usually make friends- they find it strange that George and Lennie travel together and are so close
- 'Funny how you an' him string along together'
- Crooks lives in a separate place to the others, because he's black. He's segregated
- When Lennie pays him a surprise visit, Crooks doesnt seem to want his company, as he's so used to being alone, and he seems it hard to enjoy another person's real company
- 'I aint wanted in the bunk house, and you aint wanted in my room'
- Crooks doesn't realise that Lennie just wants to be nice
- 'I aint wanted in the bunk house, and you aint wanted in my room'
- Curley is lonely even though he is married, the only time you see him WITH his wife is when she's dead, and even then, he only seeks revenge on Lennie
- 'I know who done it.. that son-of-a-***** done it'
- Looking for Companionship can be DANGEROUS
- When anyone attempts to grab hold of someone else, it can end in disaster
- When Crooks and Candy try to grab hold of George and Lennie's dream, and it ends in bitter dissapointment for them
- Or when Lennie grabbed onto the girls dress in Weed and Curley's wife in the barn, they both ended in disaster
- Everyone on the ranch is lonely
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