Of Mice and Men “I ain’t got no people,” George said. “I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good. They don’t have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They get wantin’ to fight all the time” (41). A major theme in Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men is loneliness. The characters George, Lennie, Candy and Curley’s wife each suffer from loneliness …showed first 75 words of 476 total…

…showed last 75 words of 476 total…of the ranchers didn’t care about anybody unlike George and Lennie. Loneliness is one major unavoidable fact of life that not even the strongest can avoid. During the story Of Mice and Men the reader discovered the many sources of loneliness. Candy and Curley’s wife suffer from discrimination, which leads them to loneliness. The intensity of each character’s loneliness varied and the effects were related to the greatness of their lonely condition.