Of Mice And Men(Motifs)

English
Of Mice And Men
Motifs

The book Of Mice Of Men had great ways of expressing emotion. Many of the characters had a point in the story where the characters share their emotions. In this story there are a variety of motifs. Some are displayed broadly, while others are disguised.
By reading this book and watching the movie, motifs is one of the most noticeable things in the story. Different characters have different parts in the motif of this story. The motif I will be focusing on is loneliness and companionship. I want to focus on characters such as Curly’s wife, Candy, Crooks, Lennie, and George.
Curly’s wife is considered as the lonely part of the motif. She was married to Curly but still found herself lonely. She often spent time flirting with the men whom worked on the farm. Although searching for conversation many of the men tried to stay away from her to dodge trouble from her husband.
Candy was not so lonely with his dog by his side, through half of the story. But when his dog was taken from him he grew lonely and was in search of companionship. His dog was his only friend and his only family. Kind of like his best friend. Without his dog he had to search for someone else to fill that empty spot where his dog once was.
Crooks was both lonely and in search of companionship. He was stuck in a situation where he was looked as an alien. In a farm full of white men he was the only black person there. The other men were able after working on the fields to come back to a bunker. But Crook was not able to stay in the bunker with the rest of the men. Instead he had to go to his little shack all alone.
Lennie and George were not in search for companionship because they had each other. But they were two lonely people. In the story or fantasy Lennie enjoyed that George told he would say that they were lonely men in search of home. But when the time was right they wouldn’t be lonely they would have a farm and a house. Even though Lennie seemed to be the only one to enjoy the fantasy George loved it just as much.
Loneliness as well as the search for companionship was in the air in this story. Every character suffered from one of them in a part of this story. Some overcame it. While others couldn’t.