In Of Mice and Men the novel by John Steinbeck their are numerous examples of loneliness. Many of the people in the novel are searching desperately for companionship. Many of the people in the book are jealous of George and Lennie in my opinion. They are jealous of the fact that these two men have each other to rely on.
The first and perhaps most prominent person that needs companionship is Curley's Wife who has absolutely no one to talk to. She is the only woman on the ranch she is the subject of numerous snide remarks from the men who work there, because she flirts to obtain attention, and shes married to someone she doesn't even like. Its kind of hard not to feel sorry fo her.
The second is Crooks the negro stable buck who, because of his race is seperated from the other workers. Crooks says "Books are alright, but a guy needs someone to talk to." He's even so desperate for companionship that he's willing to talk to someone, Lennie, who doesn't understand anything he's talking about. Then after Lennie describes the dream that George and him share Crooks answers skeptically saying that hes heard other guys say the same thing, but haven't done anything, but talk. After a while,however Crooks eventually says that hes willing to invest his entire life savings so that he might be able to have friends. However in the end the harsh reality of the world makes him realize how truly foolish it is to want such a thing since he would never obtain it.
The third Candy an old man who believes that he has outlived his usefullness, because of his old age. This is proved when his dog his only companion is shot dead by Carlson. Candy says that he had the dog since he was a pup and seems to care as much about him as he does himself. When Carlson says" He's of no good to anybody not even himself." It shows how old Candy really is. Then Candy a very poor man is willing to chip in on the dream that George and Lennie have of buying that beautiful farm where they would live of the fat of the land.
