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Mind Map by safiyah001, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by safiyah001
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Loneliness
- George
- George is not lonely during the novel, as
he has Lennie. He will be lonely
afterwards, without his best friend
- "Guys like us, that work on ranches
are the loneliest guys in the world"
- George recognizes that Lenny continually gets him in
trouble; however he is most nervous of loneliness. His
life would be so easy without Lenny, but also very
solitary
- George is not lonely during the novel, as
he has Lennie. He will be lonely
afterwards, without his best friend
- Curley's Wife
- "Think I like to stick in that house alla time"
- Curley's wife gets "awfully"
lonely partly due to no
attention from her husband
and being the only women
on the ranch
- Despite being a constant flirt, she is also fearful of living
the rest of her life as a lonely women surrounded by men
- Despite being a constant flirt, she is also fearful of living
the rest of her life as a lonely women surrounded by men
- "Think I like to stick in that house alla time"
- Crooks
- "Books aint no good. A guy needs
someone- to be near him"
- Crooks wants the others to feel the pain of having
no-one , books are his only companion
- "A guy needs
somebody to
be near him"
- Crooks wants the others to feel the pain of having
no-one , books are his only companion
- "Books aint no good. A guy needs
someone- to be near him"
- Candy
- Candy lives in perpetual fear of
outliving his usefulness on the
ranch. This is exhibited by his desire
to keep his dog alive, despite the
fact that the dog is old and serves no
purpose.
- Candy lives in perpetual fear of
outliving his usefulness on the
ranch. This is exhibited by his desire
to keep his dog alive, despite the
fact that the dog is old and serves no
purpose.
- Lennie
- Lennie is the only character who is
innocent enough not to fear loneliness, but
he is angry when Crooks suggests George
won't come back to him
- Lennie and George seek companionship
from each other
- Lennie is the only character who is
innocent enough not to fear loneliness, but
he is angry when Crooks suggests George
won't come back to him
- "soledad" means
loneliness in Spanish -
reference to the ranch
and the people
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