Of Mice and Men= Motif

The motif Of Mice and Men was loneliness and companionship. Unlike Lennie and George they take care of each other and travel together. But crook, Candy, and Curley wife often face loneliness.

Crook’s was the only black migrant worker on the farm among several white migrant workers. He worked mostly by himself, and had a room by himself. He spent most of his free time in his bunkroom reading while some the guys goes out in town and drink. At on point of the story Crook had a little companionship when Lennie walks in his room and started to talk to him.

Candy’s on the other hand was lonely; he didn’t have any family or a place to live on his own. He seeks most of his companionship with his old dog, and some of the workers on the farm. He became more lonely and friendless when they shot his dog.

Unlike Candy and Crook, Curley’s wife was alone in her own home. She never did anything with her husband; he never showed her any kind of affection. The only thing that they did together was that he worked out and she watched. He always wanted her to stay in the house and do nothing. He never wanted her to talk to any other guy but him. But all she wanted to is to find someone that she could talk to about her dream and problem.

In Of Mice and Men their were a lot of motif that stand out to me, but the one that out to me the most was loneliness and companionship.  Even though these character were lonely at some point of the story they manage to find some kind of companionship. I hope this essay inspire you to write more often about motif after finishing reading a novel.