Crooks often talks about his loneliness and how that the more lonely people get the more “mean” and “sick” they become. This relates closely to Curley’s wife because her character is seen as very malicious and sometimes angry. But once she is dead, the “meanness and the plannings and discontent…were all gone
Schneider 1 Natalie K. Schneider Mrs. B English 1 H, P2 2013,1,22 Just another casualty Mercy killing is a very taboo, controversial subject. In the novel of mice and men by john Steinbeck George and Lennie are each other’s only family so they always travel together. George is a small but smart man where Lennie is a big stupid man. They both go to work at a new farm after an incident in their old town caused them to go find work in a new town. Lennie has always caused them trouble but this time it’s serious, he killed the bosses son, Curley’s, wife and Curly is out for blood.
At first, the boss is hesitant to grant them jobs because he is not used to seeing two grown adults traveling with each other, this again shows that distinction between George and Lennie and everyone else. George and Lennie eventually obtain jobs working on the farm. Here they meet a variety of characters including Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. Candy is an older man who is crippled; he has lost his right hand. Also he is emotionally upset because the men on the farm came to a consensus to shoot his dog to put it out of its misery.
The greatest problem the two face is loneliness. The pair may not have much, but they have each other. Even though they have each other, do they really have each other? Several characters in the novel experience loneliness through isolation as outcasts. Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife have all been branded as outcasts for the same reason; they are all different.
When he returned home, age was only a number. He was forced to grow extremely fast because he was exposed to real life morale dilemmas between right and wrong. O’Brien uses the illustrates symbolism that in the scene with of the baby water buffalo to illustrate misplaced anger. Rat had lost his best friend in Curt Lemon, and wrote a heart felt letter to Lemon’s sister describing the role her brother had played in his life. It was not really a war story at all, it was more of a love story as described by O’Brien.
As a result he often can’t face reality and can’t react properly to situations because he isn’t used to proper human contact- except from George who treats him like a pet, and who lennie obeys. The men are afraid of Lennie because they know that if his great strength were ever to go uncontrolled, it could easily overwhelm any one of them. This constant rejection by others increases the depth of Lennie's loneliness and adds to the theme of loneliness running through the novel. Lennie and curley’s wife react to their lonliness and getting into trouble, this explains why many people do bad things and how it isn’t really their fault. This also suggests why society have to care for minorities or generally lonely people because otherwise bad things may happen.
And so Okonkwo was ruled by one passion – to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness and another was idleness (Chapter 2 Pg 3).” This quote shows the truth of how Oknonkwo was not really this cruel, tyrannical man. He lives his life in constant fear of being a failure the same as his dad. Who was very weak and considered lazy by his tribe. Even his father’s death has brought shame to Okonkwo.
Madi Ross Walker, P. 4 October 2, 2012 No matter what the circumstance, socialization is a top priority for human beings. Without it, one can grow to be mean and bitter an even go insane. Humans long for companionship, whether it’s an old man nearing the end of his days, a lonely stable buck with no one to talk to, or a misguided ranch wife with a wandering eye and a head full of trampled dreams. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck proves through the lonely and tragic lives of his characters how man has a powerful need for friendship and belonging. Crooks is a perfect example of how one can go mad without the company of friendship.
The sunlight gleamed off of him, in a somewhat peaceful way, although he had just passed away because of a silly game. Rat Kiley feels complete responsibility for Lemon’s death, and indeed, finds his own coping mechanism. The soldiers see a young water buffalo near by, and Rat Kiley already knew what he was going to do to try to rid himself of his guilt. Kiley steps closer to the buffalo with a gun, and torturously shoots at it. He does not immediately kill the water buffalo, but instead shoots it in places he knows the animal will feel immense pain and sorrow.
Sadly, the pressures and expectations that the boy in “Greasy Lake” tries to live up to not only disturb him emotionally but lead to devastation for others as well. For the woman in “Hills like White Elephants” she is compliant and willing to lose everything she is worth to be brought in by a group of nomads, and commit her life to someone who does not love her as much as she loves him. Unfortunately, the themes displayed in these short stories can be transcribed to reality and many people have fallen to the pressures they face in society. Some pressures throughout history have been disastrous and lead to deaths, irrevocable mistakes, disease, and remorse. It is important for people to love who they are and embrace themselves first.