In Of Mice and Men, how does Candy deal with being the loneliest character in the book?

Whether Candy
is the loneliest man in the narrative ofis debatable as many interpret Crooks as the character
who is separated from others and is the most alienated. However, because Candy is handicapped
and old, and he loses his beloved dog, he certainly feels very much alone.

Here are some reasons that Candy is very lonely:

• Candy
  is marginalized as he remains behind when all the other men go out into the fields to
  work.
• He fears saying anything that might anger others. When he returns to
  the bunkhouse after the boss talks withandin , for example, Candy is quick to say that he was
  not listening in on the conversation:

"I
didn't hear nothing you guys was sayin'. I ain't interested in nothing you was sayin". A
guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ast no questions."

• In his loneliness, he tries to ingratiate himself to
  Lennie and George, telling them the boss is "a nice fella...You got to take him
  right."
• Candy tries to be friendly and inform...