How Does Steinbeck Present The Theme Of Loneliness

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Throughout the novella, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck's use of diction reveals the theme loneliness can be painful and isolating. Since Curley's wife is the only girl at the farm she has no one to talk too and she gets very lonely. Curley's wife States "I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely." (Steinbeck, 86). Curley's wife's opinion reveals that loneliness can be painful because she shows that she gets to talk to no one but Curley because she's the only girl on the farm. In Of Mice and Men the use of diction reveals that loneliness can be painful and isolating. When Lennie is speaking to Curley's wife she says that she gets very lonely and she doesn't get to talk to anyone on the farm. Curley's wife states "How'd you like not to talk