Loneliness Flashcards
George feels lonely even when he’s friends with Lennie because Lennie lacks the emotional intelligence to understand him
Causes he was too dumb even to know he had a joke played on him.’
Slim seems like quite a lonely figure in some ways. Despite his charisma, he is isolated in his leadership position. Slim admires George and Lennie’s companionship; X. He is slightly envious Y.
‘I hardly never seen two guys travel together.’
‘Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other’
This shows the effect of lack of friendship on Crooks as he envies the friendships the other ranch workers have between one another.
Crooks: ‘They play cards in there. But I can’t because I’m black’.
Crooks acknowledges the rash behaviour of the people on the ranch is caused by their loneliness. He says that people are made for relationships and that without them, it makes you less human, less sure of the world around you.
“I tell ya a guy gets to lonely an’ he gets sick.”
X. We empathise with Curley’s wife and understand the extent of how lonely she is. Y
“I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.”
“I should go away and leave you alone?”
The ranch workers acknowledge how lonely they are but think it is a part of life that they cannot avoid.
“Guys like us who work on ranches are loneliest guys in the world, they ain’t got no family, they don’t belong no place.”
Loneliness leads to bitterness and hostility.
‘After a long time they get mean. They get wantin’ to fight all the time.
What shows Curley’s wife is dead?
the discontent and ache for attention were all gone
