Of Mice And Men-Theme Of Loneliness And Isolation

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Of Mice And Men - Theme Of Loneliness And Isolation In my essay I am going to write about the novel 'Of Mice And Men' by John Steinbeck. It is a story about two men who travel together and work on the ranch. I will be analysing how the main theme of the novel, loneliness and isolation are explored through studying the characterisation, key incidents, dialogue and the setting of the novel. Lennie Small is one of the main characters in the novel. He also can be described as the lonelinest character in the novel. He is a huge guy but the way he acts is very childish. He has learning difficulties which causes him a huge problem that he can't join in people's conversation or build up relationship with people around. Therefore he has to get comfort from small animals. In the novel, Lennie talks about a dead mouse. ''I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along.'' This shows that how he always wants to pet mice while he is traveling with George even though George doesn't let him to do it. In the novel, Lennie also says that ''Because I got you and you to look after me and you got me to look after you, and that's why.'' I think this quotation highlights the idea of loneliness in the novel because it shows Lennie and George only have one other person they are close to. We can also see another point about the loneliness of Lennie when he says ''I remember a lady used to give'em to me ever' she got. But that lady ain't here.'' This shows that apart from George, other important people already dissapeared in his life. Now, George is the only person who cares about him. On the other hand, Lennie alo seems to be quite happy with his life by the fact that he is living in his own world. He relies on the dream of owning a farm which is told by George. However, I think George actually knows that the dream will never come true
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