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They say that the most loneliest people talk the most. “It is the loneliness that makes the loudest noise, this is true of men as of dog.” This quote can relate to the novella Of Mice and Men, that took place in the great depression causing everyone to be isolated and needy such as the characters Crooks,Candy,and Curley’s wife.

Crooks I must say had to be the most lonely one there. He was the loneliest one there because of his race. Not only that but that his spine is busted and he is useless. He isn’t even allowed in the bunk house with all the other men. He didn’t allow anyone in his room either. “I see it over an’ over- a guy talkin ‘ to another and it doesn’t make no difference if he hear, if they don’t hear, or understand, the thing is they’re talkin’ or they’re settin’ still not talking. It don’t make no difference, no difference.” (page 71) said Crooks as he was talking to Lenny. He would talk to anyone even If it was a guy like Lenny.

Candy was lonely. Not as lonely as crooks, he was actually allowed in the bunk house, but he go lonelier and lonelier though out the short story. He would be Average then more lonely then he had hope and ended up being lonely at the end like everyone one on the ranch .Candy lost his left hand on the ranch. Candy was not only was he lonely he was practically useless. You could say he had his dog, that he had since he was a pup, to always be there for him. Make him feel like he had someone. They shot his dog which he regrets not doing himself and now feels more lonely. He then over heard George and Lenny talking about their dream of having their own land. “ I’d make a will an’ leave my share with you just in case I kick off ‘cause I got no relatives or anything. You guys got any money? Maybe we could do her right now” (page 59) Just like most of the hope in this story it was soon gone when Lenny left and George put off the whole thing because he didn’t want to do it with out Lenny.

In Curley’s wife’s case, she was the most neediest. She practically disobeyed her husband and talked to every guys. Her story is sad because she was the only girl on the ranch so I feel for her-you know us girls like to talk as they say. She would always fight with Curley and stated she doesn’t like him and only married him because her other plans failed. “’Nother time I met a guy, an’ he was in the pitchers. Went out to the Riverside Dancer Palace with him. He says I was a natural. He said he was gonna put me in the movies.” In this quote (page 88) from the story she explains that she had dreams and hopes before she met Curley, but he guy never rote to her back and dreams were crushed once again that leads to loneness.

In conclusion as you can see you can tell every one ends up lonely in the novella ironically except Lenny. The more lonely you were the more hopeless and needy you were. These characters that suffered from sharp loneliness have long examples. This is short story really did relate to the great depression and shows no hope. It was Pain is what the author was showing.