oh brother, where art though?

When willy is in the kitchen on page 1568, he is playing cards with charley, and in his mind his brother walks in. He tries to tal kto both of them at the same time, but then eventually starts to focus solely on ben. Willy goes off on a lengthy conversation asking him to stay, to talk, wondering how his business is gonig. he keeps saying "why didnt i just go with him". Willy feels betrayed and abandondeed by Ben for just walknig out. Not only that, but then he starts questioning his brother on his father. His father left at a very early age. Willy is trying desperatly, nearly killing himself day after day to provide for his family as his father and older brother did not. The theme of abandondment is heart wrenching, as anyone who has experienced it can say. The pain never truely disappears, and rarely ever numbs. Abandonment truly reduces a person to the mental state of a five year old, which is how Willy starts to sound as Ben says he is departing.