The Pain of Loneliness To gain emotional stability, there is only one thing in life that is needed and that is friends. Without friends, people would suffer from loneliness. Loneliness leads to low self-esteem and depression. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s wife all experience some form of loneliness. They are driven towards the curiosity of George and Lennie’s friendship because they do …showed first 75 words of 927 total…

…showed last 75 words of 927 total…the strongest can avoid. Throughout the story, Of Mice and Men, there are sources of solitude, mostly being discrimination and prejudice. Crooks, Candy and Curley’s wife all suffer with loneliness and isolation. They learn to deal with their loneliness through their interest in Lennie and George’s friendship. In some ways they are even jealous of the bond. Often times, a person in isolation will have a continuous attempt to carry out a friendship.