Of+Mice+and+Men

"It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise this is true of men as of dogs." What I think Eric Hoffer is trying to say is that when someone is lonely once they loose something or if they never had anything, once they get attention they like the feel so they keep trying to get it so they go to the people. John Steinbeck shows that in the story in 3 different people.

In the story "Of Mice and Men" a woman named Curleys wife is always lonely and tries to talk to the Ranch Hands to feel wanted. However they don't want to get in trouble with the bosses son, Curley, so they ignore her. “What kind of harm am I doing to you? Seems like they aren’t used to living like this. I could of made something of myself." What Curley’s wife is trying to say is that she is very lonely and sad.

Also, Crooks an African American stable buck is also an example of a lonely person. "I tell you a guy gets too lonely and he gets sick." What Crooks means is that he is the lonely one. However he gets happy when Lennie talks to him.

Then there is Candy an old man with only one hand. Who had his dog until the ranch workers got sick of the smell of the dog so they shot it. "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I ought not to let no stranger shoot my dog." What he is trying to say is that he wanted to say goodbye to the only thing he had.

As you can see John Steinbeck did a good job in using this quote in the story by having three examples and given a lot of detail.