Curley's Dream Quotes

Being Curley’s wife was difficult for her for many reasons. The first one is how she is seen by other men. Curley’s wife is mainly seen as a sexual object that flirts with other men and is unfaithful by looking at men in a way that is frowned upon for married women. They see her as desperate for being noticed and for attention. This quote explains what the men think of her. “I never seen nobody like her. She got the eye goin' all the time on everybody. I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye.” Her appearance comes off as needy and desperate. Another quote demonstrates this as well. Her face grew angry. "Wha's the matter with me?" she cried. "Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways? You're a nice guy. I don't know why I can't talk to you.” She knows how the see her and is mad because of how they judge her.The second reason is how she wanted her future to be.

In the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the Author makes the point that men are going to achieve their dream over the women in the novel by using Curley and his wife as examples. Curley wanted to become a boxer, so he did. Curley’s wife wanted to become and actress, but the execution of her dream relied on other people. Curley wanted a wife, so he set out to find one. Curley’s wife only married Curley because she couldn’t pursue her dream. Curley didn’t have to work for his position on the ranch because his father is the boss. Steinbeck is saying through the book Of Mice and Men that the American dream during the 1930s was only attainable by men that pursued it, Steinbeck uses the characters of Curley and his wife to prove this point.

'Of Mice and Men' is based around two main themes; loneliness, and the fragility of dreams. Each main character connects with both of these themes at some stage throughout the novel. Curley's wife is no exception to this. At the beginning of the novel the reader views her as an unpleasant, naive and troublesome character. However, as the novel progresses, the reader is gradually exposed to another side of Curley's wife, one that suggests she is merely a

Steinbeck has written ''Of Mice And Men '' about an adventure of two men George and Lennie trying to accomplish their American dream's during the great depression during the 1930's were thousands of people lost their jobs in the wall street crash making them feel hopeless. George and Lennie come to work at a ranch near Soledad in California. There they meet fellow ranch mates and a woman called Curley's Wife. In this essay I will focus on how Curley's Wife's personality and actions change throughout the novella and who she affect her and other bunkmates throughout the novella.

John Steinbeck’s realistic fiction novel, “Of Mice and Men”, introduces many different characters. The characters have a wide variety of personalities and characteristics. One such character, Curley is depicted as an insecure, jealous, and an aggressive man.

At the same time, while the dream may never be realized, Of Mice and Men suggests that in order for life to be full and meaningful, it must contain dreams. George and Lennie never achieve their dream, but the dream holds their remarkable friendship together. Their dream is real because it's real in their imaginations. The dream keeps Lennie happy and stops George from becoming "mean" and lonely like most ranch hands. The dream gives them life, even if life never allows them to achieve their

Many people have dreams. Some of them achieve these dreams while others give up on them for various reasons. In the book “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck, George, Lennie have a dream of owning their own ranch their dreams were crushed because: Lennie doesn't know how to stop using his strength, lennie killed Curley's wife, and the incident in weed. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie hope to achieve their dream of owning a ranch by working together with Candy, but their dream is completely destroyed when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife.

"He got married a couple of weeks ago. Wife lives over in the boss’s house, seems like Curley's even cockier since he got married" Candy doesn’t seem to like Curley’s wife

Dreams give a person hope, and hope makes life worth living. In Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck chooses dreams as one of his central themes. As the reader digs deeper into the story and characters, the theme of dreams expands as the novel goes on. Lennie and George held on to their dream of moving to a farm. Even though George had his doubts, he kept the dream alive for Lennie. Candy, the swamper, is a dreamer too. He wanted to escape his miserable life working on the ranch to go with George and Lennie to their dream farm. Many of the characters in the novel had dreams about their future. Lennie, George, and Candy wanted to move to a farm, and Curley’s wife wanted to be admired. All of these characters were examples of how John Steinbeck

"You got no right to come in my room. This here's my room. Nobody got any right in here but me," Crooks said sharply (68). In the book Of Mice and Men, two men travel together to find work to raise enough money to live the American dream. Lennie Small and George Milton, two hard working men, believe they can accomplish the ultimate dream. Lennie and George work together to go through each hardship and challenge they encounter on the ranch. Through the characters Carlson, Crooks, and Curley's wife, John Steinbeck says the “virus” cruelty, can change a person into having a bitter and negative attitude.

“O.K. Someday-we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and-‘’(pg.14) Lennie and George’s dream was in Lennie’s words to “Live off the fatta the lan’.” Everyone in life has a different dream that they want, but sometimes the road to that dream has a couple detours. When people get off of the road they try as hard as they can to get back on it, but sometimes you just can’t. A dream has a very personalized route to get to it but with courage, strength, and persistence a dream will come true.

Steinbeck creates contrasting representations of Curley’s wife using the phrase “and the meanness and planning and discontent and the ache for attention” with “were all gone.” The juxtaposition of the two phrases is used to show the reader that all her bad qualities and all her obnoxiousness has all been washed away and it has disappeared into thin air and we actually start to somewhat feel pity for this character that we had thought to be a “b***h” and a “tart.” The long sentence and syndetic listing actually emphasises

To begin with in the story of mice and men the majority of the characters of Dream about having a different and better life. Curley 's wife‘s vision was to become a huge movie star and be famous. "I tell you I ain 't used to livin ' like this. I coulda made somethin ' of myself." She said darkly, "Maybe I will yet." And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication,

Steinbeck write about the dream to give trust in a miserable society while the dream may never be achieved , Of Mice and Men advise that with the end goal life should be full and important, it must contain dreams. George and Lennie never achieved their dream, however, the dream holds their wonderful relationship together. The dream gives them live,

88). Curley’s wife’s dream is unfeasible, although she holds onto the dream of being a star and receiving the attention she wants, so dearly. Yet, Steinbeck shows that even this dream too is foolish when Curley’s wife says, “I never got that letter. I always thought my ol’lady stole it. Well, I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself, an’ where they stole your letters. I ast he if she stole it, too, an’ she says no. So I married Curley” (pg. 88). There could have been a possibility that the man from Hollywood did in fact send the letter and Curley’s wife’s mom did in fact hide the letters, but it is more plausible that the man was a charlatan trying to hustle Curley’s wife. In addition, Curley’s wife married Curley in order to get away from her mother, thus ruining any chance of her going to Hollywood. In short, Steinbeck supports the idea of the American Dream being elusive through Curley’s wife, whose actions of settling for an unfulfilling marriage demolished her chance at immaculate happiness.