Loneliness
Crooks • • • •
Skin colour Racial Prejudice Disability Childhood- only black family in area
“A guy needs someone- to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long as he’s with you. I tell ya, a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”
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Curley’s Wife
Only woman on the ranch Female Discrimination Unhappy marriage Unreachable ambitions Inferiorly treated Feels trapped
“-Sat’iday night. Ever’body out doin’ some’pin’. Ever’body! An’ what am I doin’? Standin’ here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs-”
Candy • • • •
Everyone he befriends always leaves His dog Hopes and dreams He’s older than everyone else
“You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do noting like that. I won’t have no place to go”
George • • • • •
Only has Lennie most of the time Hasn’t really got a choice Always has to give up his hopes and dreams Sacrificing things for Lennie Can’t find himself a wife and have a family
“No- look! I was jus’ foolin’, Lennie. ‘Cause I want you to stay with me” “I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Somebody’d shoot you for a coyote”
Whit • People leaving all the time • Excitement when he hears of another person who worked at the ranch before “Whit found the place again but he did not surrender his hold on it. He pointed out the letter with his forefinger.”