In Chapter 4 of "Of Mice and Men," John Steinbeck portrays Crooks, Lennie, Candy, and Curley's wife as outcasts who although are lonely and seek each others companionship, ostracize each other nevertheless. Each of said characters seek companionship, are outcasts, and as a result abase one another. Crooks, Candy, Curley's wife, and Lennie are lonely and therefore seek companionship. Crooks is a very lonely character, and may in fact be the most diverse due to both …showed first 75 words of 704 total…

…showed last 75 words of 704 total…have "had enough." Crooks, Lennie, Candy, and Curley's wife are portrayed as outcasts who although are lonely and seek each others companionship, they ostracize each other nevertheless because of the over bearing society in which they live. They demean and mortify one another to make themselves feel better - to attain a private victory that the other is more of an outcast than the former. They would rather have bitter company as to no company.