The characters in the story are all lonely in one way or another, the workers, all lonely from traveling around without anyone, going from town to town and never being able to put down roots. The bosses son, Curley, working all day out in the fields, being away from his wife, and when he is not working he is looking for his w

Happiness is very closely associated with loneliness. Happy people generally aren’t lonely, Crooks, the African American stable buck is very lonely. Crooks is perceived as being a hard, and cold individual but the reality of it all is Crooks is just very lonely. Crooks, in my opinion is the loneliest character in this novel, he not lonely by choice, he is not traveling around and not being able to keep touch with people he has met, he is lonely because of the color of his skin. The color of his skin determines weather or not he had friends, and because he is African American working only with white people he has no chance at friendship with anyone on the ranch.

ife to be with her and keep her out of trouble. Curley’s wife, alone all day, cooped up in her house, with not a single person to talk to other then her husband, and never being able to meet new people. And then there is Crooks, all day minding his own business, never speaking to anyone unless spoken to, having a room away from all the other workers, i

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