Curley's Wife Deserve Sympathy

She felt like she could never talk to him, and he didn’t treat her well, or pay any attention to her. Perhaps if Curley payed for attention to her wife, she would have never been interested in the rest of the men, preventing her death. Curley’s wife shows us that she doesn’t like Curley, and wishes she never married him, as the author notes in the book on page 89, “I don’ like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella”. I also think that Curley’s wife is responsible for her own death because she knows how strong and big Lennie is. On page 81, Curley’s wife says, “I’m glad you bust up Curley a little bit. He got it comin’ to him”. Curley’s wife knows how strong he is, and the damage he could do, although she didn’t understand it to the full extent. She also was very unhappy in her marriage with Curley, so I think that she rebelled and talked to other men, but she knew that she would suffer the consequences that her behaviour had. I also think that by killing Curley’s wife, Steinbeck was trying to make the theme of loneliness apparent, just like the quote stated on page 87 that says “I get lonely. You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck succeeded in making Lennie a sympathetic character because he is childlike, kind, and unintelligent. Two men, George and Lennie are just arriving at a new job after getting kicked out of their last job. They arrive at their job searching for their American Dream. To be able to live on their own piece of land with their own harvest and their own rabbits. The second man Lennie is a big man who doesn’t understand how strong he is. He’s not the brightest and his kind, childlike features make you want to root for him. When things don’t go his way you feel bad for him. Steinbeck does a great job of making you feel sympathetic for Lennie

Curley’s wife - a flirtatious, mysterious women in the novel. She is the only women that is described by Steinbeck in the novel. How we call her- “Curley’s wife” shows that she is just a possession of Curley. And the others names that George and Candy had given to her are “looloo; jailbait; tart”; these names show how badly she was treated in the ranch particularly and the sexism in American society in 20s - 30s generally.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck has a lot of levels of pity and sympathy. Although one of the characters named Crooks comes to mind when I think about what character deserves the reader’s pity and is the most sympathetic character in Of Mice and Men because of how horribly he is treated by the people on the ranch. You can tell how bad Crooks is treated by seeing the quotes and the context clues, he gets treated like this because he’s a different race from the others. I strongly believe that Crooks is the one who deserves the reader’s pity and sympathy. So, Crooks deserves the sympathy from the reasons because he is treated like he is a nobody and that is why Crooks deserves their pity and sympathy.

In John Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men we are introduced to two main characters, Lennie and George. In the book, George acts like the leader of the two men. In that sense, Lennie is viewed more so as the incapable one in the group. Lennie also can’t seem to remember anything that’s important to George and their life together which makes Lennie a character that readers feel sympathy towards. Lennie also looks up to George which makes him the more vulnerable character because he feels that he need permission from George if he wants to do something. Since Lennie is described as such and innocent character, John Steinbeck made the reader feel sympathetic to Lennie.

He has used this by using the quote '' The ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was very mo and simple, and her face was sweet and young.'' Steinbeck has described her as an angel who washed out her sins and went pure. In contrast to this Curley only cares about his social status. You can see this when ''Curley...ain't you better stay here with your wife''. Normally when your wife dies you would want to share your last moments together but the fact that Curley has to be reminded about his wife's death is upsetting since his main focus is killing Lennie. And it emphasises that he just used her as a possession due to the fact that it was a loveless marriage therefore he didn't really care much about her. In this quote you can also tell that all the bunkmates felt sorry for her even thought she acted with suspense because she didn't deserve more misery in her

She was always visiting the bunkhouse stating that she was looking for Curley when actually she was just looking for company. She never acquires the opportunity to really talk to anyone because Curley doesn’t allow them to speak to her. Along with not being allowed to speak with anyone other than Curley, she is also the only female on the ranch. Being the only female makes many of the men on the ranch prejudice toward her. Throughout the novel this woman is only referred to as “Curley’s wife”. Steinbeck never gives her a name to show that she is an object that is owned by Curley, showing again how she is a victim.

She doesn’t get to voice her opinion on anything, and she is very lonely. When talking to Lennie in the barn, she says “"why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely"”(Steinbeck 86). This reminds us that she is forced to be alone until Curley arrives. She gets called names by the guys when she is not around, and they liked it when she wasn’t. When the ranch workers found out she was dead, Curley was the only person who really wanted revenge, and from the beginning he was primarily out to get Lennie. Curley’s wife has no real sense of purpose. Nobody wants her around, and she has no say in

In John Steinbeck's classic novella “Of Mice and Men” is set in the late 1920’s in Soledad, California. Throughout the book, Lennie Smalls and Curley's Wife are two characters who struggle the most. Lennie is a mentally handicapped man who is too strong for his own good, while Curley's wife is a woman who is barred to any interaction with others, besides her husband Curley. She is often looked over and treated like she is worthless and not worthy of anyone's time. Steinbeck developed many different themes throughout the book by portraying characters differently.

Although Lennie is among the main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’, he is perhaps the least self-motivated. He experiences no significant changes, development, or growth throughout the novel and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Throughout this essay I will be explaining the different aspects of his character.

Lennie is not very smart. Lennie isn’t very smart because he does things that lead to a bigger problem. He also forgets things quickly. In the book Of Mice and Men pg. 87 Lennie said “He was so little,” said Lennie. “I was jus’ playin’ with him . . . an’ he made like he’s gonna bite me . . . an’ I made like I was gonna smack him

Sexism always finds its way to target someone. Throughout the story, Curley’s wife has been the victim of nearly everything. Everyone likes to blame every tragedy on Curley’s wife because to some, women are the blame for everything. What some may not know is that Curley’s wife never had any wrong intentions from the beginning, but because she is a female, she is the target. In defense of Curley’s wife, she is not responsible for the novel’s tragedy.

According to Steinbeck, Curley’s Wife doesn’t have a memorable reputation. The author, himself, makes a great deal of references outlining her social status as a minority. Essentially, all that Curley’s Wife is known for is her beauty. She spends most of her day flirting with the other ranch members. However, every time she surrounds herself with other men, there is always a sense of mockery imputed upon her.

Most women back then were looked down upon and treated differently since they were not men. They were called harsh names, there were few jobs they could not have that men could have. Even if the men were fooling around the names are still hurtful. In the book , Of Mice and Men, men are looked as a higher power. All of the men are named, but the only woman in the book A.K.A Curley’s Wife, she never had a name.

Capital Punishment is the correct way to punish a criminal who took another humans life away. For example in the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Lennie killed Curley’s wife and was guaranteed death. Capital Punishment fits the crime of murder, it is neither cruel nor unusual, and executing a murderer is the appropriate punishment for taking someone’s life (“Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs”). Lennie had to be killed taking a humans life away is a huge crime, he could not be left alive without punishment. Like Bill Maher said, “Every Killer you kill never kills again” (qtd.