Chapter 2

In chapter 2 they have arrived on the ranch. The loneliness now deals with Lennie, George and the other characters on the ranch. While on the ranch for not even 1 day yet, Lennie already feels like he isn't welcomed. "I don't like this place George. This ain't no good place. I wanna get outa here." Lennie cried out suddenly.( Steinbeck, 32, 1937) Lennie feels like he doesn't belong on the ranch, he feels like he isn't liked, and he feels lonely. Lennie is a special person, who sometimes makes people treat him like an outcast. The feeling of being an outcast is not a nice one, and for the first time Lennie feels that way and he doesn't like it. Even George doesn't like the feeling he gets on the ranch. He feels like an outcast because he is with people he doesn't know at all. In general, living on a ranch isn't a nice feeling. You are with people you don't know, which makes you feel lonely. You also feel somewhat embarrassed because you aren't smart enough to get a regular job. You also may feel degraded because you are sometimes treated like slaves.

When Lennie and George arrived on the ranch, the boss was already upset with them. He was upset with them because he thought they were going to arrive the night before. George and Lennie weren't able to arrive that night because they had no ride to the ranch so they had to walk for 10 miles. " Bus driver give us a bum steer. We hadda walk ten miles. Says we was here when we wasn't. We couldn't get no rides in the morning." said George.( Steinbeck, 21, 1937) Even though the bus driver cheated George and Lennie they still could have gotten to the ranch the night before if they had a ride. But George and Lennie have no family or friends so they couldn't get a ride. Loneliness affects people in so many ways. In that example loneliness affects them because they couldn't get to where they needed to go. If they had family and friends and weren't lonely, they could have called someone they knew and asked for a ride. But their loneliness restricted them from being able to make a call.

In this chapter, Lennie and George have just arrived on the ranch. Lennie already felt lonely and not welcomed. Lennie just wanted to feel like everyone else and be treated like everyone else.