1. Loneliness in Of Mice and Men
Set in this time period, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck writes about two young nomadic workers named George Milton and Lennie Small who begin working at a small ranch in the Salinas Valley of California. The men met a variety of different people while starting work there, most notably Candy, Curley's wife, and Crooks; people who stuck out and were ignored because of their physical traits. ... The physical differences of Candy, Curley's wife, and Crooks led to their loneliness, and it showed Steinbecks' message that the lack of human companionship indefinitely makes one feel b...
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