OF MICE AND MEN.

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OF MICE AND MEN.
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• Who is the loneliest person on the ranch?
• By Luke Abby

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Candy could be?
Candy could be described lonely because first
off Candy reluctantly allows his dog to be shot.
He does not want his dog to be shot, as his dog
is his only friend and companion. But deep down
he knows that it is best for the dog as the dog
is only suffering and will only get worse and
suffer more as time goes on. However now he has
no-one as because of his job, the swamp buck
(cleaner), he spends a lot of his time, as while
the men go away to the fields he is back at the
ranch cleaning up. Also, as Candy is quite old,
he just does as he is told and keeps his head
down further adding to his loneliness.
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Crooks could be?
Another person who could be the loneliest person
is, is the Crooks, the negro stable buck. One
reason for this is because hes black. When the
books was written, racism was a big thing, and
Crooks would have been treated as a lesser to all
the other men. We know this because on (page
says). This shows that because he is black people
treat him differently and people do not want to
be his friend as he is black, leaving him to be
lonely. However one night Lennie and Candy comes
into Crooks room, and Crooks is thrilled to have
a companion, even though it is only for a night.
Another things that suggest he is lonely is the
fact that he does not live in the bunk house with
the other men, but in the harness room close to
the horses Crooks the negro stable buck, had
his bunk in the harness room. This shows that he
lives in solitude and only interaction he has is
with the horses. This shows us that he must be
very lonely.
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Curleys Wife could be?

• Curleys wife could be described as the loneliest
  person on the ranch because when she is talking
  to Lennie in the barn, she talks about how she is
  lonely and that she never talks to anyone. Why
  cant I talk to you, I get awful lonely is what
  she says to Lennie while they are talking in the
  barn. You can talk to people, but I cant
  talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad..
  This shows that she is very lonely and does not
  have the social interaction that she craves. This
  is why we get the feeling that she is desperate
  for attention. We know this because of she dreams
  of being in the movies, Went out to the
  Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was
  gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a
  natural. If she was in the movie she would be
  very much in the public eye, and should not feel
  lonely as she does.

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So overall..

• As shown many characters in Of Mice and Men
  could be portrayed as the loneliest person on the
  ranch. Overall we think that Crooks is the
  lonely person on the ranch. This is because he
  cant help being black and cant help the race
  issues at the time of this book causing his
  loneliness due to everyone else, not him. We also
  feel sorry for Crooks as he got so happy when
  Lennie and Candy came into his room that it shows
  he doesnt chose or want to be lonely and would
  love to get on with everyone like part of the
  gang as such. Another reason that we think
  Crooks is the loneliest person on the ranch is
  because he doesnt get much social interaction at
  all and most probably feels excluded from
  everyone else on the ranch so much so he doesnt
  know what to say or do to fit in.