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Essay on “Of Mice and Men” - Topic #4 A lonely life can be a very sad life. There are people in this world that just do not fit in, and therefore are not accepted by society. Society, without knowing, has certain standard of how they think people are suppose to be, whether it is a certain skin color, gender, or just because they are being who they are. Society can be very hurtful without even knowing that their words or actions are causing people to feel lonely. In Steinbecks, novel “Of Mice and Men” there is much reason that causes certain people to feel as if they are not needed on the ranch. Steinbeck uses three characters, Crook, Candy, and Curley’s wife, to express the theme of loneliness throughout the novel. The first in the novel to express loneliness is Crooks, a crippled, black, ranch hand. There was much reason for Crook to feel lonely, t