Ending of OMAM - Lennie killed by his best friend

George kills Lennie! Then again, this shows a great example of how everyone ended up being lonely in some way at the time. George always had Lennie as someone to talk to, and therefore, he was never lonely. He was consistently there for Lennie, even with his mental disability. After Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife by not knowing his own strength, Curley immediately went after him to get 'revenge'. George, knowing that the worst was yet to come, did the job for Curley. But George was gentle, which I am very happy about. He started talking to Lennie about how they were going to have a ranch and Lennie could tend the rabbits. Soon enough he started moving slowly from the ranch to the afterlife. “Ever'body gonna be nice to you.  Ain't gonna be no more trouble.  Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from you” (Steinbeck 103). He was making Lennie happy before his death, but at the same time, he was reassuring himself that he was going to go to a better place. Finally, George shoots Lennie. He gets rid of his best friend, and no longer has anyone to talk to or be with. He understands the true feeling that is loneliness. He learns that loneliness can be one of the worst feelings in the world and that this lonesomeness is what everybody else had been feeling since who knows when. This gave me the feels and I am honestly very happy with the ending of Of Mice And Men.

Loneliness - Curley's wife

Being a women, Curley's wife is one of the loneliest characters in Of Mice and Men and shows it a lot throughout Section 4. Simply being named Curley's wife shows a lot of how women were treated at the time. She very rarely is with others and is normally in the house doing chores. After Crooks explains his own loneliness to Lennie, Curley's wife walks into their conversation and asks them, "Any you boy seen Curley?" (Steinbeck 76) but soon enough admits that "I know where they all went" (Steinbeck 77). Although she claims that she was looking for Curley, she still admits she knows where he is. This shows that Curley’s wife didn’t come in ‘looking for Curley’, she came in looking for company most likely. Clearly, this shows how lonely Curley’s wife really is because at the time talking to colored people was against some laws and yet she still talked to Crooks. Although I am not a huge fan of Curley's wife, I still feel truly sorry for her because of this specific scene in Section 4.

Candy's Dog

In Of Mice And Men we are showed the symbolization of the death of Candy's best friend, his dog. Candy and the dog spent so much time together and grew very old in enough time. Because pretty much everyone was lonely at this time, Candy's dog symbolizes how rare it really was to have a friend and how nobody understood the meaning of friendship unless they had one themselves. The death of Candy's dog shows just how much people didn't 'care' about others. Carlson clearly showed that he didn't care about the dog or Candy's feeling much. Although it would have been great to see the dog live, I think that this death was a good thing in some ways. The simple reason is because the dog was suffering already and it was put out of its 'misery'. The MAIN reason why I am happy for the dog's death is because it shows just what it was like for the few people who lost friends, moving into a life of loneliness. This could also be foreshadowing in some way, maybe there could be another death or somebody could become more lonely than ever. I don't know yet, but I'm eager to find out!