In literature, as in life, some people experience aloneness. In some cases, the person has to live apart from others. In "Of Mice and Men", the one character that really stands out as being truly lonely is Crooks, the old black stable hand. Crooks gets his name from ... and it is then when Crooks backs down. It is then that he explains to Lennie what the loneliness he faces every day is like. "A guy goes nuts when he aint got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you . I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an" he gets sick," he tells Lennie. When Lennie begins ... ...

• Word Count: 500
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• Grade Level: High School