How Does Steinbeck Use Sympathy For Curley's Wife

When Curley’s wife dies, Curley, rather than showing the reaction that would be expected of a man whose wife has just been killed. He does not appear to grieve at all in any way, barely looking at the body, or regarding the her death into his immediate future plans. Instead, his first thought is towards seeking revenge and hunting down Lennie. It is perhaps this moment in the novel which epitomises the way in which Curley is aggressive, nasty, and shows no concern

This desire for company and to live her dream, can be seen in her final scene when she confides in Lennie, telling him about her longing for someone to talk too and the tragic story of marrying someone she does not love. "I don 't like Curley. He ain 't a nice fella."

Curley’s wife is a lonely and Naïve, and that makes her an easy prey. She is the only woman on the ranch she is a lonely woman. Her husband, Curley, is a mean and over powering man, uses her to pick fights with other guys. He is a terrible husband who not only is mean to his wife but also leads us to believe that he beats her up. Curley’s wife usually would listen to her records but Curley even breaks those. Her flirtatious nature is what gets her into trouble, and that also leads her to her death. Lennie is a gentle giant who doesn’t mean to hurt anybody but accidentally does. In the case of Lennie, Curley’s wife does not know what she is getting in for. Curley’s wife flirtatious nature is a harsh reality but as an innocent person get her in to trouble.

Since she is the only woman on the ranch, she has trouble finding friends and because of this she seeks out people who are smaller and weaker to make herself feel better. When she barges in on Lennie, Crooks, and Candy in Chapter Four, she scornfully says that they "left all the weak ones here" (92). Here shes commenting on the mens weaknesses when the only reason she is there is because she is lonley and looking for attention. This attraction towards those weaker then herself is exemplified when she tries to talk to Lennie at the end of the book. At first, when she tries to coax Lennie into talking to her, he refuses, telling her over and over that George told him to stay away from her. She relentlessly entices him into accepting her company by making him feel bad for her and letting him touch her hair “Oh! That's nice," and he stroked harder. "Oh, that's nice”. Lennie easily falls under her spell, which unfortunately for her, leads to her downfall. Not surprisingly, Lennie strokes her hair harder then she is comfortable with, but when she tells him to stop, he panics and grabs onto her hair out of confusion and fear.

Because Lennie is confused he grabs her hair and tries to make her stop yelling. But because Lennie does not know how to control his own strength, he squeezes Curley’s wife’s neck too hard and crushes her spine. Lennie then flees the ranch because Curley wants to kill him for what he did to his wife. So Lennie is not brutally murdered by Curley, George finds Lennie and, because he cannot get him out of trouble, shoots Lennie. Lennie’s uncontrollable strength and ignorance destroyed his, George and Candy’s dream

He has used this by using the quote '' The ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was very pretty 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

Curley’s wife, who is never given a name, but always called “Curley’s wife”, is shown with a lot of sexual prejudice. She is referred to as a “looloo” (51) with a very flirtatious nature and “she got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody”, and she might “even gives the stable buck they eye” (51). A "ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl, specially like

Another reason George had no other choice was that Lennie was not fully aware of his mental abilities as he was his physical strengths which often lead to Lennie getting in trouble like his one one incident that happened in weed before they came to the ranch. Also, aside from Curley’s Wife Lennie has killed other things before such as a mouse that he found, and a puppy on the ranch so Lennie could be a danger or potential threat to others on the ranch which would make sense to why George would have simply no other realistic choice but to kill him.

When Curleys’ wife first appears in the book Lennie was fascinated by her looks and thinks that she is very pretty. You know this because he looks at her from top to bottom. These facts are true because in the book it says “Lennie’s eyes moved down her body.” To show that Lennie was fascinated by her looks it says “Lennie watched her, fascinated”. Another way that we know that Lennie thought that she was pretty is that after she leaves the bunk house Lennie then says “she was purty.” These three quotes show that Lennie was very interested in Curleys’ wife’s appearance and thought that she was pretty indeed. But by Lennie thinking that she was pretty it then caused conflict between Lennie and George. George gets

Whenever her head pops in the door it is not a good time for anyone but herself. After rapidly telling her to go away Lennie got pulled into her manipulative hands and they started talking. “ Ever’body likes that. I like to feel silk an’ velvet. Do you like to feel velvet?” That quote shows that Curley’s wife was luring Lennie in to talking to her and also touch her hair. After that Lennie went in to touch her hair, after Curley’s wife constantly yelling at Lennie she was annoyed how he wouldn't let go then came the horrid nightmare for Lennie. Lennie latched on and would not let go, then the shaking began, Lennie was so angry at her for yelling and he shook her so hard by the neck consequenting in Curley’s wife’s neck to be broken and kill her he had done what everyone had wanted to do for

Consequently, Curley’s Wife also represents another figure of lower power. People use their power to criticize her, which affects her decisions to talk with people, how she uses her only power against Crooks, and her dream. George and other people of higher power despise her being around them, “I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jailbait worse that her. You leave her be,” (Steinbeck, 32). Most people think her intentions are bad. However, Curley’s Wife defends herself by saying that she just wants someone to talk to, “I get lonely...You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” (Steinbeck, 87). People who have higher power affect how she reacts with them.

I think that Lennie isn’t sympathetic because he is always killing things. In the book George said that Lennie’s Aunt Claira would give him mice but he would always keep killing them because he would break their necks.When Lennie was in the barn he was looking at the dead pup that he killed because it tried biting him.Then Curley’s wife saw that he killed the pup and they were talking about soft things. Then Curley’s Wife told Lennie to feel her hair because it was soft and when he was touching it he wouldn’t let go. Then Curley’s wife started screaming and lennie held onto her mouth and wouldn’t let go because he knew he was going to get in trouble by George. Then Lennie strained Curely’s wifes neck so much he broke it. When he noticed she

Feeling sad for someone’s bad luck is sympathy. Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, has many people who i feel pity for. I feel sympathy for Curley’s wife, I feel more sympathy for Crooks, and I feel most sympathy for Lennie. Sympathy effects many people in different ways. It is shown throughout Of Mice and Men.

To be sympathetic is to feel pity for someone else’s misfortune. In the short story, “The Lamb to the Slaughter,” by Roald Dahl, Mary was not a sympathetic character because she was selfish, two-faced, and evil-minded. Patrick Maloney wanted a divorce, but she did not hesitate to think about what he said. She only thought of herself and how she did not want to be alone. The husband even offered to “give [her] money and see [that she is] looked after,” but she ended up killing him, leaving her baby fatherless and without money. Mary was also a fake who could not be trusted. She seemed foolish and innocent on the outside, but she was capable of the unthinkable. Mary tried to “do everything right and natural” in front of the grocer and

“She screamed then, and Lennie’s other hand closed over her mouth and nose”. Lennie said “Oh! Please don’t do that!” George’ll be mad… George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits… You gonna get me in trouble jus’ like George says you will.” “And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were wild with terror. He shook her then, and he was angry with her… he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.”(Chapter 5, page 103). Lennie killed Curley’s wife, because he didn’t want her to stand in the way of his dreams. Due to the fact that his dream blinded him, he couldn’t differentiate between what’s right or wrong. He chose his actions carelessly. Achieving his dream was his priority, so much so that he sacrificed a human being for nothing to stand in his way. Not only did dreams have a key role in the novel, dreams also played an important role in the characters’ lives.