Of+Mice+and+Men

"It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of menas of dogs." This quote represents the loneliness of three people in Of Mice and Men. It brings how loneliness is bad thing for a person to have. It proves how loneliness cancause people to act mad or upset.

Crooks is an african american in the book. He thinks he is lonely because he is black. He thinks nobody wants to talk to him because he is black. So all he has is books and playing cards,but thats doesn't keep him company."A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, longs he's with you."said Crooks(pg.72).This explains that he is lonely.

Candy is an old man who had a dog to talk to. The dog was killed because somebody didn't like the dog being ar ound. Since then he just works and when he is done. He lays in his bunk the rest of his day. He is sad that he didn't kill his own dog himself. Now he feels gulty because of it."I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog."said Candy(pg.86).



Curly's wife is Curly's wife. He doesn't let her talk to nobody. So she goes and looks for him all over the ranch. She used to have records, but Curly broke them in an argument. So she looks for somebody to talk to. Nobody wants to talk to her because she is married."Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely." said Curly's (pg.86).

In conclusion, loneliness is one of the worst thing anybody could have. Everybody needs someone to talk to. If you are black, married,and old it doesn't matter.Nobody should be lonely. Loneliness is bad for everybody.