Isolation is the term used when a being is confined to himself without any outside contact. In the story, Of Mice and Men, isolation was a major role forced upon Crooks and Curley’s wife. Crooks is an old black man whom lives in a little hut beside the manure pile, and lives and sleeps by himself, with no contact besides orders. Curley’s wife was isolated, simply because Curley didn’t not trust her, …showed first 75 words of 495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 495 total…accident of course. However, he ended Curley’s wife’s suffering, and sent her to heaven. Being social, and living your own life is very important, as shown here. If only Crooks and Curley’s wife had been given to opportunity to speak for themselves. Play cards with the group, or just have fun… if may have changed their lives. However they weren’t able too, so the were condemned to the farm of Curley.