Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is a book that can be analyzed and broken down into a vast majority of themes. One of the predominant themes found in this book is loneliness. Many characters in this book are affected by loneliness and they all demonstrate it in one way or another throughout the book. Examples of these characters are Curley?s Wife, Crooks, and Candy.

All through the book Curley?s Wife is very ?open? to everyone she meets. The reason for this can be interpreted by her and Curley?s ?so-called? marriage. The relationship between Curley?s Wife and Curley seems to be somewhat unstable as he is always asking ?Any you guys seen my wife?? (pg. ). This also shows how protective Curley seems to be as he is always checking up on where his wife is. Curley?s insecurity seems to cage in his wife from having any kind of a friendship with any other men. In turn, the wife gets so sick of being isolated like this and relieves her loneliness by conducting secret conversations with many other men on the ranch. As a result many of the ranch hands see her as a tramp but it can be viewed that all she really wants is a person