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Friendship/Loneliness in the novella Of Mice And Men                            Ben Green

Friendship in the novella Of Mice and Men is a reoccurring theme. Lennie and George are the two characters whichSteinbeck uses to present this theme. Despite Lennie’s disability George does
not prejudice against him and takes him in as a friend, he although, is the decision
maker and somewhat takes care of Lennie due to his disability, this is seen
when ‘behind him walked… a bear drags its paws’ this shows that Lennie goes
through the motions and is a follower of George. At this time in 1930s America loneliness
was all too common and many working men would travel from ranch to ranch on
their own which would all but make identify the situation of loneliness. The friendship
of Lennie and George startles the rest of the ranch workers as slim asks ‘you
guys travel around together?’ this shows that slim questions why they travel
together as it is unusual to him.

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Jordan - Discrimination

In the novel discrimination is one of the main themes that Steinbeck is presenting in his novel. Crooks is most vulnerable to discrimination within the novel this is because hes black and in the time of the great depression black people aren't treated the same as white people do. This is shown because Crooks is segregated from the others in the bunk house and has to sleep with the animals. Also he is allowed to join the others in the bunk house at Christmas but he has to be the entertainment, by being beaten by curly. this shows that he is given no respect from any of the ranch workers. but the discrimination doesn't stop with the ranch workers, the boss of the ranch pays him less just because of the colour of his skin.

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He is the only black man around and is made to be isolated by his colour - he can't go into the bunk-house or socialise with the men.

He is always called the 'nigger' by the men, which shows how racism is taken for granted. The men don't mean to insult Crooks every time they call him this, but they never think to use his name

All this has made him proud and aloof.

He is lonely.

"S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you were black... A guy needs somebody - to be near him... I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

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She is lonely - there are no other women to talk to and Curley is not really interested in her.

"What kinda harm am I doin' to you? Seems like they ain't none of them cares how I gotta live. I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself."

She doesn't like Curley - she tells Lennie that she only married him when she didn't receive a letter she'd been promised to get into Hollywood.

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Reoccurring theme throughout the novel 'Of Mice and Men'.

With curleys wife entering the novel with 'rough lips' and 'red mule' shoes, and her fingertips were painted 'red' aswell. This would give the intention of danger towards Curely's wife, as red symbolises death, blood and a warning. The fate of this warning happens nearer to the end of the novel, when Lennie kills Curleys wife.

Candy, George and Lennie's American dream was bound to come to an end, and even George lets the audience know that the dream wont happen when he is already foreshadowing what Lennie will do.

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2) Friendship and loyalty

- Throughout the novel George is always by Lennies side which shows true friendship and proves that they are both loyal to each other.

- Curely's wife is always searching for a friendship in the novel, "I get so lonely ... How'd you like not to talk to nobody"

- In the novel Candy tries to buy himself friendship by asking to join George and Lennie

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Fate and destiny

George and Lennies dream was always going to fail as we got clues through out the novel.

Curleys wife wearing red which is a sign of danger.

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In 1930s America, the country had just come out of The Great Depression so people dreamt big as the country was in a period of an economic boom. American's aspired to do big things from encouragment from the government, however in reality these dreams would never happen. Characters such as Curley's wife, George, Lennie and Candy all buy into the American Dream.

George and Lennie both apire to buy their own house with the money they've earnt working on the ranch. Lennie persistantly aggravates George about "tending the rabbits" showing his simple dream but it highlights that even the smallest of dreams realisticly were never going to happen.

Curley's wife buys into the dream when she met a random man at a bar who promised to "put me in the pitchers". This shows her nievity in believing the man and even more nieve in believing that her mother would hide the letter that he'd supposedly sent her. However, we know that he probably never did send the letter.

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In the novel 'of mice and men' loneliness and isolation is a key theme. For example Candy is made to feel lonely and isolated. He is lonely because he has no friends or family and is left lonely due to his age. Candy also is made to feel isolated because when all the other men go into town Candy is left behind on his own.

Crooks is also lonely and isolated because he is forced to sleep out in the barn well all the white men sleep in the barn this all sis because of the color of his skin. The only time he is allowed to go and interact with the other men is at Christmas and when they play horseshoes on a Sunday. Due to Crooks living in the barn all the time with no one to talk to he is lonely and is only allowed to read books.

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Isolation is shown as a theme in Of Mice Of Men, one of the characters who shows this is crooks. Crooks is segregated from the rest of the group and they tend to keep away from him too. Crooks says "A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody" this could show how Crooks feels about being isolated from everyone. Theme of loneliness is that most migrant workers move around so much that they tend not to make close friends with everyone, so therefor the workers become lonely. An example of Loneliness in the book is Curley's wife, when she is talking to Lennie in the barn she says to him " Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely" (pg122) Curley's wife is beginning to express how lonely and miserable she gets because she doesn't have anybody to talk too. However, no one wants to talk to her as they do not want to get in trouble. Crooks, is also represented to shown loneliness as he says to Lennie "a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick" this shows that how badly Crooks wants to talk to someone, and how it's making him feel as if being lonely is a illness.

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discrimination is shown in mice of men in many ways one of theme being the negro stablebuck crooks he is discrimatated by he is made to live on his own where the horses live. he is the only black person living on the farm and he has no communication with any other person as the white people on the farm dont let them live with them as they claim that he stinks.the only time he is allowed to talk and be with the white members is when they are outside playing horeshoes. curleys wife also feels discriminated as no one wants to talk too her as everyone thinks she will cause trouble and during the novel

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Loneliness and Isolation:

In Of Mice and Men there certain characters that link into the theme of loneliness such as Curley's wife, crooks and Candy.

Curley's wife is portrayed as being lonely on the ranch by the way that she flirts with the men at every opportunity she gets "nobody can blame a guy for looking" this shows how desperate she is for attention.

Crooks is seen as lonely on the ranch as his main companion is his dog which shows

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Many of the characters admit to suffering from profound loneliness. George sets the tone for these confessions early in the novella when he reminds Lennie that the life of a ranch-hand is among the loneliest of lives. Men like George who migrate from farm to farm rarely have anyone to look to for companionship and protection.

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Fate is a key theme in the novella Of Mice and Men. Foreshadowing is one way in which fate is explored since it shows us that George knows that something would happen to Lennie which is why he tells him that if he gets into trouble then he needs to run to the brush as well as the fact that Candy's dog gets shot in the back of the head the same way that Lennie does. George also plays alot of solitaire which as the name suggests is a game for one person which can again be foreshadowing of Lennie's death since

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Loneliness and Isolation

Fate and destiny

The American Dream

Friendship and loyalty

Discrimination

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stinebeck uses lennie and georges' dream as an example of what the american dream is. The idea of your own land and property is what every rancher in the american 1930s dreamed of which is to why it is called the american dream.

The thought of respect and previaliage because of the ownship of your own life and property.

The great depression....