Who Deserves Death More: Curley’s Wife or Lennie? Fatima Athar 9PJ-HK The award-winning novella “Of Mice and Men” is about the disordered and very complex relationship between two very different migrant workers: George and Lennie. This novella was penned by John Steinbeck, set during the 1930’s after the wall street crash, during the Great Depression. It took place in Soledad - the city where he was born and raised, Steinbeck experienced the alarm of the Great Depression
In this essay I will be exploring the ways John Steinbeck shows the character of Curley’s wife in the novel. I will be focusing on the way Steinbeck uses language to portrays the character of Curley’s wife in different ways. I will also reflect on the impact of the character on the audience and how our perception of her is regularly changing during the novel. The novel is set in the 1930s during the great depression, where women were expected to marry and look after the children. A woman was not
Curley's Wife Essay Throughout the story Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Curley's wife plays an important role to conclude the ending resolution of the novel, even though she is only presented in-person three times. Each time she shows her expressions both physical and mentally. During the course of the story you see Curley's wife is a tramp and she uses her body to get attention from the men on the ranch. At the beginning of the story, George and Lennie meet Curley's wife at the bunk house;
Steinbeck has written ''Of Mice And Men '' about an adventure of George and Lennie trying to accomplish their American dream's during the Great Depression during the 1930's where 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
different to be misunderstood in the 1930’s vs today. Curley’s wife is the most misunderstood character in the novel ‘Of Mice And Men’ by John Steinbeck. This is clear when the reader studies the book from her point of view. She is innocent, lonely and defensive in a way that readers see as mean and tart. In real life, we should not judge or exclude someone because of a first impression, yet that is exactly what happens in this book. Curley’s Wife is described as wearing suggestive clothing multiple
puppies and even mice, although he sometimes accidentally kills the creatures, not knowing his own strength. George confides in Slim, telling him about how Lennie has caused many problems before, like in Weed. A girl thought Lennie was trying to rape her, and they had to flee. Later that night, Candy overhears George and Lennie talking about their dream, and he asks if he could join them. He has quite a bit of money saved up, and they realise that if they combine their money in one month's
Of Mice And Men - Curley's Wife “I never seen no piece of jail-bait worse than her” (George) what is the reader supposed to think about Curley’s wife? In the Steinbeck novel ‘Of Mice and Men’, he introduces us to the character of Curley’s wife. She could be interpreted as a mis-fitting character in the novel, as no one relaters to her. This essay will go on to examine the character of Curley’s wife and how characters perceive her and how this influences the readers interpretation of her.
Steinbeck has written ''Of Mice And Men '' about an adventure of George and Lennie trying to accomplish their American dream's during the Great Depression during the 1930's where 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
be investigating - Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife is a pivotal character. She has been presented as a villain in the early stages of the book and her character seems to unravel as we read on. As a reader, we comprehend the factors which had influenced her actions and how living in a misogynistic society has affected the way she behaves - alternating the way we feel about this character and instead sympathy begins to develop, demolishing all the
innocent character suffered in this story? All this topics will be talked about in this essay. Why did George tell Lennie to go back to the place by the river if he got into any trouble? When George and Lennie start working George tells Lennie that if he ever gets in trouble to go to the place by the river because he was going to shoot him if he ever got in trouble. In the end of mice and men lennie gets shot for killing curley's wife. Why did Lennie want to tend the rabbits so bad? Lennie wants to tend