Loneliness is the central theme in the novel Of Mice and Men. Many of the characters show signs of being lonely, some more than others. Loneliness haunts Crooks deep inside. Crooks accepts things the way they are though. Crooks does not talk to the other men and they do not talk to him. This causes the greatest amount of loneliness in Crooks out of all the characters. Rejection can cause most people to become crazy, …showed first 75 words of 604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 604 total…friends show why Crooks must be the loneliest character. After looking closely at these examples one can conclude Crooks was the loneliest in the novel. The most significant point why Crooks was the loneliest was that he had no friends. Everyone else on the ranch had someone to talk to except Crooks. The readers come to sympathize with Crooks throughout the novel. This is because most people know what it feels like to be lonely.