Of Mice and Men- Motifs

Laugh at my expense, you'll never see who I am, you'll never see the beauty under this mask, you'll never see the tears I've cried because of your laughter, you'll never see the smile under my scowl.-Stephanie Townsend-"You'll never see"

A motif of, Of Mice and Men is the feel of loneliness and the need for companionship from a few of the characters in this book. The characters that has this feeling the most is Curly’s wife, George, and Candy, who all, first start out with a companion but is soon found in loneliness.

Even though she is married to Curly, Curly’s wife is lonely. Curly is very cruel to her and is always out fighting to prove his manhood, so she is very lonely. Curly is always telling her to back into the house and then leaving her alone for hours.

While Curly'ss wife is lonely, Candy is also lonely. Candy once had a dog who was his companion but, then the men decided that the dogwas too old. So, they shot Candy's dog. After the dog was shot Candy became reclusive and therefore became lonely.

George is another character who is lonely. George traveled everywhere with Lennie, even Lennie says, " George and I go everywhere together." But at the end of the book George shots Lennie, so sadly George is then left alone.

Companionship: A feeling of friendship or fellowship.
Loneliness: a sad feeling one gets when they have no friends or companions. Come together, go apart; companionship and loneliness, we are all lonely and yet we all have companions.