... describes brings his readers into the lives of two lonely farm workers and describes the negative, painful and destructive power loneliness can have on people. Three key characters in the novel exhibit true loneliness and each has a different reason for experiencing it: sex, age, and race.  One character in "Of Mice and Men ... and the attitudes of others destroy this dream.  Lennie and George's dream is to own a piece of land to work and live where they can have cows, pigs, chicken a vegetable patch with alfalfa and rabbits.  "O.K. Someday "we're gonna get the jack together and we're...

• Word Count: 3171
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School