His retardation sometimes causes others at the ranch to shun him; even to the point of thinking he is "cuckoo." Since Lennie cannot think as quickly as the other men, he is often set aside and isolated from them. He is unable to take an active part in conversations because George, Lennie's best friend and travelling companion, is the only one who can understand him. Lennie is frequently off in his own dream world and is constantly preoccupied with dreams of the farm which he and George someday hope to buy. .’ “An’ have rabbits.” ‘As a result, Lennie is unable to face reality at times, a fact which puts him even more out of touch with the real world and with other workers.
Everyone on the ranch called Curleys Wife a ''tart'' because she flirts and the ranch men said ''Shes got the eyes''. Nobody on the ranch understood Curley's Wife and seen that Curley made her life very unpleasant, the only reason Curley's Wife flirted with other men was because Curley made her feel so isolated and alone. She had no friends or anyone to talk to on the ranch and Curley treated her as more of a possesion than his
He is ignored by everyone on the ranch because he is black , this makes his character bitter and mean"Books ain't no good . A guy need somebody to be near him . "Crooks mainly keeps his distance between himself and the other men at the ranch to ensure he doesn't cause any problems . When Lennie approaches him in his bunk house his first reaction to him is fuelled by envy by his and Georges friendship .Crooks teases Lennie and makes out that George wont be coming back for him *quote*. He only does this to Lennie to show him what it like for him having nobody there and how he needs a companion , like Lennie and George ."
The book clearly states that "it has been happening for years" but still the town's people do not want to have anything to do with him. His strange hermit-like behavior, and peculiar looks and clothing prevent him from conversing in interactions with other townspeople because they find him abnormal and refuse to associate
Lennie had crushed his hand in his giant ‘paw’, breaking most of the bones in his hand. If someone knew that there was a dangerous man around the ranch you would not let your loved ones go around the ranch alone. His absence shows that maybe Curley didn’t really care much about the safety of his own wife, as he let her walk around the ranch like there was nothing to worry about. I think Curley neglected his duties as to protect his wife because Curley either doesn’t really care about his wife and only really married her for the pride or he cared about her but didn’t think about her as much as he should have he thought more about his pride and respect than the safety of his own wife. I also think that George is morally responsible because he is obliged to take care of Lennie, George knows everything about Lennie and therefore should have known what he is capable of.
In 'of Mice and Men', Steinbeck presents George as an extremely lonely character. George is lonely because he is constantly attached to Lenny and cannot leave him as he is completely dependant on George, due to the fact that he is mentally disabled. This also means that George has no other friends in case Lenny tells them something about their past lives by mistake. Despite this, when George complains about what having to take care of Lenny does not allow him to do, such as, “ Get a gallon of whisky, or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool”, and Lenny offers to leave him alone and 'go off in the hills and find a cave' to live in, George replies, "No—look! I was jus' foolin', Lennie.
In the novel Of Mice and Men, there is a farm hand named Crooks. He was injured by a horses kick to the back when he was younger. He isn’t ever allowed in the bunk house where the other workers sleep because he is African American. Even though that is really the only place he isn’t allowed you still don’t see him often because of his race. Yet another way these people are intolerant.
Johnny feels alone and isolated wherever he goes no matter how many people are surrounding him or who the people are. In The Outsiders, Johnny shuts people out when they try to hurt him. In “Island” the narrator says that his “outskirts are cold and water beats upon his shore.” “My outskirts are cold” means that he shuts people out when they try to hurt him. When water beats upon his shore, it doesn’t hurt because he put a ‘wall’ up. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy says, “If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.” Johnny’s parents abused and neglected him, so it`s understandable how he could defend himself from everything by blocking people out.
I walk alone.” As sung in this Green Day classic, the men on the farm have known only solitude and hardship due to their inability to escape Naturalism’s clutches. George and Lennie thwart this cycle, however, by having one to look out for the other. George put it this way to Lennie. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family.
Lennie is mentally weak, George can’t reach his dream, and Curley resents being a smallish man and has napoleon complex. Weakness is simply a reality for everyone who lives on the ranch. On a ranch full of strong men, weakness is not really accepted, and people get criticized because of it. Because characters often know their weaknesses, they’re quick to try to cover for them, which spell confrontation. It’s a like bullying, characters weaknesses makes them feel insecure about themselves, so they fight and judge others to avoid having their flaws seen by