Because if they did then they might be found where they were hiding
Yes. Virtually anything can be the theme of an essay, as long as you can find enough information about it to write enough paragraphs to be considered an essay.
<span>Basically this is because she is so terribly lonely. She roams the ranch looking for somebody, anybody to talk to. Lennie tries not to talk to her but she prevails, telling him that the other men are too busy with their horseshoe tournament to care whether he talks to her or not.</span>