Curley’s Wife Mice of Men
Of Mice and Men is a novel set in the 1930’s based upon the hardship and rough times of the great depression. It was written by Nobel prize winning novelist John Steinbeck. Steinbeck’s life influenced his literature, as he was in identical situations as the character he describes in his novel. Steinbeck was a migrant worker who also conveniently grew up on a ranch. He also wrote another book called ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ during this time period. We can imagine that his own experiences were influential to the context of his novel. The purpose of this novella was to illustrate the struggles of being a migrant ranch worker. Solitude and dreams are dominant themes in this novel and are exemplified throughout.
We are introduced to the character of Curley’s wife in chapter two. Up until this point, George and Lennie have just arrived on the ranch. They are greeted by ‘the old man’(Candy). Candy is a long-term swamper who has no real friends other than his companion dog. In efforts to befriend George and Lennie, Candy takes the opportunity to help them accustom to the ranch. A quick profile of the boss is followed by a low down on Curley and his wife. Candy portrays a negative impression of Curley’s wife and even goes as far as describing her a ‘tart’. Aswell as this he goes on to say that she ‘She got the eye’. This gives the reader the impression that Curley’s wife is promiscuous. Women of promiscuous character are shamefully looked down upon by society
Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men' explores the everyday lives of migrant workers during the Great Depression. In this era, American men were forced to leave their families and become 'drifters'. These were people who didn't have a fixed job and continually moved from place to place.
Before we are presented to Curley’s wife, Candy talks about her, to George and Lennie. She is spoken about in a gossipy manor. “I think Curley’s married a … tart.” Steinbeck is prejudicing or preparing us before we meet Curley’s wife. He does this, so that we have an influenced preliminary impression of Curley’s wife and the way she acts.
Have you ever dreamed of becoming someone important or doing something exciting and memorable? Would you give up or refuse to let go of your dream until you achieve it? Has that obsessive under-minded your success? Many people have dreams that they want to accomplish, but there are obstacles individuals have to cross over in order to achieve their goals, such as facing reality. In the book of Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the story is a tale of two drifters working from farm to farm, trying to make a living, and save some money to have their own place someday, which is their dream during the Great Depression. The characters face the hardships
John Steinbeck, an American novelist, is well-known for his familiar themes of depression and loneliness. He uses these themes throughout a majority of his novels. These themes come from his childhood and growing up during the stock market crash. A reader can see his depiction of his childhood era. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows the prominent themes of loneliness, the need for relationships, and the loss of dreams in the 1930s through the novels’ character.
In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, turmoil and difficulties are not a rare occurrence, but the question is what types of difficulties happen to each character and how does it affect them. Hardships are present throughout anyone’s life and come in different forms. Lennie’s portrayal in this novel is being a gigantic man that has a mental disability and is unable to care or depend on himself. To demonstrate, after Lennie says he will go live in a cave and George responds back what he will eat, Lennie replies, “ I’d find things, George. I don’t need no nice food with ketchup.
Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, portrays a glimpse of the hardships many went through while living and working under the pressure of an independent life, who desired comfort, happiness, and riches through their “American Dreams”. The struggle in finding the key to a pleasurable life during “The Great Depression”, was a period of gloom, discrimination, and the beginning to a rise for dreams. Steinbeck’s supposed depiction of the serene ranch lifestyle, shows how they impacted their life as a whole, and what it led them to believe for the future. From social exclusion to the idea of marginalization, this story of the unbroken bond two friends share, describes how at times, we may not achieve what we always looked forward to, but
What suggestion might Steinbeck have left for us in the opening chapter as he describes the conditions of the families?
It was eerily quiet within the vicinity of the building. The creaking of the wooden floorboards beneath Lennie’s feet, the rustle of leaves on the opposite side of the wall, and the constant beeping of the home monitoring system was disturbingly loud as he made his way towards the kitchen. The bright neon lights that was placed directly outside his window, proclaiming the words, 'Truth is Knowledge is Power' which was the governments logo projected an array of colours across his kitchen which only resulted in his vision being further eluded. He switched the lights on within his house, blinding himself in the process and stumbled across to the fridge. His stomach growled and his headache sharped piercingly between his ears. He couldn’t wait
Despite Steinbeck’s rendering, Curley’s wife emerges as a relatively complex and interesting character. Although her purpose is rather simple in the book’s opening pages—she is the “tramp,” “tart,” and “bitch” that threatens to destroy male happiness and longevity—her appearances later in the novella become more complex. When she confronts Lennie, Candy, and Crooks in the stable, she admits to feeling a kind of
George with forlorn shame shook his head and whispered … “ What the hell have ay done” looking down upon the dead corpse of his fellow good companion he’d known for years and who’s … Now dead from a gunshot wound right in the head.
Throughout the novel, Curley’s wife is never called by an individual name, he is known to all the men on the ranch as ‘Curley’s wife’. She doesn’t have a name like all the other men do, which again shows that she is treated with no respect and referred to as an object. Steinbeck has portrayed Curley’s wife like this so the readers can put their own view across on how they think she is and what they think she is like and how she behaves and the way she comes across as being ‘a tart’ gives the readers a negative impression of her. The first impressions we got of her were negative as Steinbeck used language to describe her and put her across as ‘a tart and flirty’. Earlier Candy was talking about Curley’s wife when
By: Sophia Mera Title: Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck Genre: Tragedy, Fiction Plot Summary: This book is about two migrant workers, George and Lennie, during the Great Depression. The book opens with the two men making their way to a work camp in California.
The Salinas River was green with the aroma of sweet sickles filling the air. Lennie sat hiding in a bush unable to speak, trying to make sense of what had just happened to him. He heard the faint shouts of men far off in the woods. Despite the tragedy, it was peaceful. The river was glistening with the soft reflection on the setting sun. Various animals took refuge among the pool. Two swans came floating down the pool, weaving a pompous dance. They continued down the river.
The novella “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, portrayed the times of hardship and struggle in United States’ Great Depression. When two exorbitantly contrasting drifters, try to make enough money by working on ranches to achieve their variation of the American Dream. Steinbeck effectively got reader's attention through each dramatic page and ended the novella with a drastic turn of events that will leave the readers in awe. Although many book concerning the great depression may seem boring Steinbeck was successful in accumulating reader's interest through dramatic scenes and dispensing good literature to all readers. John Steinbeck was able to fathom the depth and gravity of real men in United States due to the fact that he was writing
John Steinbeck is a master of creating a vivid world in each of his books. In the story Of Mice and Men, John keeps on bringing up the same scene where George keeps on explaining to Lenny, or just anyone, that he just likes to touch nice things. [quote] This isn’t a bad thing until it gets Lenny and George into trouble at their old work sight in Weed. [quote] To finally end the book the similarities between Lenny’s old and new job are quite parallel to the ending. Lenny see’s something nice and touches it, which ends up having to run away.