Of Mice and Men

What have all these quotes got in common?

What is the common theme???

"'A guy needs somebody-to be near him.' He whined, 'A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.”

"Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."

"Candy looked for help from face to face."

"Cause I'm black.  They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black.“

"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place....With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us."

The novel is set in Soledad

Does anyone know what Soledad means?

How does this set the tone for the theme of loneliness?

• George often plays solitaire

• How does this contribute to the theme of loneliness?

• What does it tell us about George as a character?

Of Mice and MenLoneliness / Isolation

Why does Loneliness / Isolation exist on the ranch???

"'A guy needs somebody-to be near him.' He whined, 'A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.”

Of Mice and MenLoneliness / Isolation

What factors contribute to

this????

Of Mice and MenLoneliness / Isolation

Which characters suffer from loneliness??

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Of Mice and MenLoneliness / Isolation

Your Task:

Pick a character and find an extract that exemplifies their loneliness.

Pick three quotes from the extract that capture this!!!

Homework:•Find 5 quotes from anywhere in the book that show Crooks’ loneliness. They shouldn’t all be from chapter 4, nor should they all be things that Crooks has said…