Loneliness is the inevitable act that everyone have encountered at least once in their lifetime. In the Novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck gives many examples of loneliness of the California ranch life. The reader will encounter many examples of loneliness and isolation, mostly because of prejudice, discrimination, and simply the ignorance of not being able to see beyond what is presented.

A friend is someone you can talk to when you’re going through hard times. A friend is someone that is willing to lend you a shoulder whenever you need one. A friend is someone that will cry and laugh with you. Everyone needs a friend. Without a friend a person will suffer from loneliness and solitude. George and Lennie had a special friendship. Even if Lennie was dull and stupid George cared for him. When Lennie got in trouble, George ran away with him, when Lennie was hungry George was the one that cooked him food. Although George will get mad and raise his voice every once in a while to Lennie, the reader knows that George cares for Lennie with protectiveness, patience, and pride. The ranchers are all very envious of the relationship George and Lennie have, because they do not have t

Candy is also a picture of loneliness caused by his own age. He is rejected by all the other ranchers for being old and handicapped. His only company, his faithful, old, blind, toothless dog, is stripped away from him and killed. Now left with nothing Candy fears that he will be treated the same way in the future and begs Lennie and George to let him work on their future ranch. Candy says,” I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs.” Candy says this because he knows after he gets canned he wont have anything to live for, he will just live out in the country all by himself. It is obvious that Candy doesn’t care about any of the money, all he wants is to be in a place where he won’t encounter solitude.

The reader may become curious as to Lennie and George‘s friendship. Can we really call it friendship? It seems obvious that Lennie would call George a friend, but George might hesitate a little with the answer. As he tells Slim, he has simply become so used to having Lennie around that he "can't get rid of him“. Although Lennie is annoying George also demonstrates care, patience, and pride when it comes to Lennie. He might be motivated to stay with Lennie by a sense of responsibility, guilt, or pity, or a desire to not be alone by himself. Most likely it is a combination of all of these motivations. It seems a little awkward what George chooses to stay with Lennie because Lennie causes George many problems and gets them fired from jobs. George knows that life would be easier without Lennie, and he often yearns for independence when Lennie does something idiotic. How

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