Loneliness from the American Heritage Dictionary means without companions or solitary. In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, many of the characters are lonely. Curley's wife and Crooks are but two of the many characters in the novel who suffer from loneliness. Both Curley's wife and Crooks deal with being alone differently. On one hand, Curley's wife tries to open herself up to the ranch workers while Crooks does the opposite and shuts himself up from others.
Curley's wife was affected by loneliness in a profound way. …
