How Does Steinbeck Present Curleys Wife's Dream In Of Mice And Men

Lennie has his mind set on one thing. That is getting out of the barn and getting his own piece of land with George. This dream motivates Lennie to always listen and follow what George says. There he can finally tend the rabbits he has always wanted. Lennie loves petting things such as small animals and dresses which usually leads him to trouble.

Despite being the only female on a ranch full of foul-mouthed men, Curley’s wife exploits both her sexuality and her status to demonstrate power throughout the novel. For example, calmly responding to the attempts of Curley’s wife framing Crooks, Candy responded, “If you was to do that, we’d tell,” he said quietly. “We’d tell about you framin’ Crooks.” “Tell an’ be ---,” she cried. “Nobody’d listen to you an’ you know it. Nobody’d listen to you.”(81). In this situation, Curley’s wife has a strong effect on the migrant workers when she used the threat of Crooks and Candy being disregarded. “Candy subsided. “No…” he agreed.” Nobody’d listen to us” (81). In other words, at this point Candy realizes that Curley’s wife is much more powerful

The American Dream started off as propaganda in order to make the American people of the early twentieth century work harder to build a successful economy. The idea of the American Dream is that every American citizen has an equal opportunity of making money along with owning a large house, some land, and having a family with kids. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck illustrates that the American Dream, no matter how simple is impossible to achieve. As everyone has their own interpretation of the American Dream, Steinbeck uses George and Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife to demonstrate how the American Dream is impossible to achieve and how important the dream was for people so they could carry on with their lives.

In this essay I am going to be assessing the character Curleys Wife from Steinbeck’s book Of Mice And Men. The book is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression it features two farm workers called George and Lennie. The travel around together in search of work sharing a dream of a place of their own, a small ranch where they can live and work for themselves. It tells the story of how violence may erupt to destroy those dreams. Curleys wife is a character in the book who from the brief encounters with her is presented in two ways. Firstly the dangerous, flirtatious character who isn’t trusted by the rest of the ranch workers but then later one we realize how she is just a victim

I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny." This quote tells us that Curley's Wife knows that she is above Crooks in the social hierarchy since she is white and he is black and has a disability. When she talks to Crooks she is also very confident and disrespectful and uses racist language. When you zoom into the quote you will also see a ellipses in the quote which shows the tension and anger which Curley's Wife would never show to the other men even Lennie. Steinbeck may have used this language to emphasise the villain in herself. Which tells us that if she had more power she would use it in a negative way. You can also tell that Curley's Wife is releasing her anger towards Crooks since he is one of the only people she can show her

If there was a favorable circumstance under which one could endeavour all their hopes and visions, wouldn’t one pursue it? The American Dream was introduced as an interpretation to cause the people of America in the early twentieth century to work tougher. The American Dream is the opportunity to reach the goals one sets for themselves. It is about having your dream job and life one has always fantasized about. The dream is also about having freedom and equality. In the novel, “Of Mice & Men”, John Steinbeck uses symbols and motifs such as the vicious slaughtering of virtuous animals, Crooks’ rubbish bunkhouse and Lennie and George’s deception of an ideal farm to exhibit the perception that materialistic success results in happiness is a major flaw in our thinking about the American dream, and it is this thinking which makes the dream unattainable for many.

“Hopes and dreams help people survive, even if they can never become real.” This statement plays an enormous part in Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. An abundance of the characters in this book all have something they want to accomplish, even if what they want to reach isn’t necessarily the most practical thing under the circumstances. Each character in the book has obstacles to overcome, and in the end, we don’t really find out the denouement of most character, we only find out the true ending to two characters.

This is shown by the quote “A Nigger, an’ dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep” The word “dum-dum” shows irony because it is grammatically incorrect and makes Curley’s wife seem just as ‘low’ as them. The word “Nigger” has connotations of power abuse and that Crook’s only name is “Nigger” as it has a capital ‘N’, displaying abuse of power and position on the hierarchy presented by Curley’s wife. Steinbeck does this to show the stereotypical names for these ‘types’ of people. Steinbeck presented Curley’s wife using dialogue as a method of characterisation at this time because Lennie, Candy and Crooks were talking about their ‘dreams’ at the time, so Steinbeck left an allegory that Curley’s wife will ruin and interrupt their ‘dreams’. Making the audience feel unsympathetic and

In Of Mice and Men, there were lots of examples, of the american dream being unachieveable. The best example, of the American Dream not being achieved, is George and Lennie not getting to own their own farm. It was a dream, that they both shared. There were numerous times, where George and Lennie had talked about getting the farm. As time went on, more people were wanting to be a part of that dream. Instead of having to work for a longer time, they were going to quit working at the end of the month. They would then buy the land, with Candy’s money. When Lennie ended up killing Curley’s wife, George knew that his dream wasn’t going to happen. He may have known all along, that it wasn’t even going to happen. Steinbeck showed us, that people have a big plan for their life, but it doesn’t always end up how they would like it to. “ I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her,” (Steinbeck 94).

Steinbeck portrayed that cynicism of society is harmful because an innocent action can be misunderstood and cause grave errors. Curley’s wife was flirtatious by nature and George knew that Curley's wife was trouble and he warned Lennie, “Don’t you even take a look… I don’t care what she says and what she does… I never have seen no piece of jailbait worse than her” (Steinbeck 32). Curley’s wife was flirtatious and she would throw herself at men out of boredom. But, if Curley ever found out that a man had even glanced at her he would throw the man in jail. Which was exactly what Curley was ready to do when Lennie accidentally killed his wife. Everyone thought it was on purpose, even if they knew it was an accident they would treat the situation

John Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife to be an overly flirtatious woman. Whether if it’s in the form of her bright, impractical clothes or the body language she presents. Under all this though lies an immature girl unable to make something herself

In Of Mice And Men Curley's wife is the most hopeless and misserable character in the story. She has no future as she is stuck with her former husband (Curley) who hates her leaving his sight, she has no friends as she is the only woman on the ranch and Curley will not allow her socializ with the men because he feels that they would steel her, and she has no respect from anyone on the ranch because why should they; She gets the men in trouble just by looking at them because well lets face it shes made out to be a "whore" who is stunningly beautiful, why wouldnt you look; she doesn't even withhold a name (which isnt even mentioned within the story) She is just known as Curleys wife because she is his possesion, his property. I truly feel frustrated

In the 1930s, women did not matter as much as men did. Curley’s wife is a very important character, but she does not have a name. Simply, because she belongs to Curley, as in his own personal property. Before we even met Curley's wife, Candy tells George and Lennie that she gives other men the eye other than her own husband. “Well, she's got the eye” (Steinbeck 15 online).

‘Of Mice and Men’ is a short novel by John Steinbeck, which is set in 1930s America. At this time in American History they were suffering from a hard hitting economic depression. This book is set on a ranch in Soledad, California. Throughout this novella, Steinbeck addresses key theme, for example discrimination, loneliness and the American Dream. Curley’s wife is a complex character. She is the only woman on the ranch. Curley’s wife is used as a plot device by Steinbeck to explore themes like discrimination and attitudes toward women in the 1930s. Although, she is thought of as a ‘tart’ at the beginning, throughout the novel we develop our opinion of Curley’s wife.

Social hierarchy places people in the upper, middle, or lower classes depending on their background. For example, Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife as having a very low status. In not giving Curley’s wife a name, it shows that women was classified as possessions to men in society at that period of time. This is peculiarly true in the case of Curley’s wife because Curley and his wife and never together and always looking for one another. After George and Lennie meets Curley and later, Curley’s wife, Candy does not hesitate and says, “I think Curley’s married… a tart” (26). This shows that the characters are not treating her more like an object than an equal by calling her foul names such as “tart” and “rat trap”. Curley’s wife lets out her feelings to Lennie after getting close to him at the ranch towards the end of the book. “I don’t like Curley… Coulda been in the movies, an’ have nice clothes…” (84). Her dream never comes true due to her unwilling marriage with Curley and the grim life she have to suffer on the ranch and it also presents that she is on the low status side of the social hierarchy. Unlike his wife, Curley is on the top of the social hierarchy simply because he is related to the Boss. People see him as scrawny and frail, but it is his dream to show that he is stronger, tougher, and fiercer than most men. After