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'It's loneliness that makes the loudest noise, this is true of men as of dogs." This quote by Eric Hoffer relates incredibly well to John Steinbeck's famous novella Of Mice and Men. __Every person in this book is desperately lonely and would do anything just to have a conversation.__ Especially the characters Candy, Crooks, and Curley's Wife.

Candy isn't very lonely in the beginning, but once his dog dies this feeling changes. __"Awright, Take 'em."__ (pg.47) Candy says this to Carlson, giving him permission to shoot his dog. Throught the rest of the book, Candy regrets not shooting his own dog, and is miserably lonely. Candy's dog was his best friends, and now he is gone...

The next character that is extremely lonely is Crooks. He has absolutely no friends and he never gets visitors. Why, you may ask...because he's black. __"They play cards in there, but i cant play." "Why is that?" asked Lennie. "Cuz I'm black, they say i stink." (pg.68)__ This quote really portrays how lonely Crooks is, and it's all because of his skin color.

The last character I'll be focusing on is Curley's Wife. Curley's Wife is extremely lonely because Curley won't let her talk to anyone. __"Why can't i talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody, I get awful lonely."(Pg.86)__ This quote demonstrates how nobody will talk to her because they don't want to have to deal with Curley.\

The three characters I have mentioned in this essay are probably the 3 most miserable characters in the book. It's all because they are __SO__ lonely. __Eric Hoffer's quote mentions dogs, and I think he does this because when dogs are lonely, they bark and howl, and when humans are lonely they seem to talk a lot.__ All 3 of these characters are still very lonely and miserable...especially Curley's Wife. (lol)

-Scott Hamlet (aka ScottsAGod) :D did this at 2:56 on December 15th in Mr.Geib's 7th Period class. WHOM HE LOVES THE MOST.