How Is Curley's Wife Presented In Of Mice And Men

In the book Curley's wife wants to draw attention to herself, she wants to be noticed so that she gets attention. “ She wore a bright cotton dress”(86) not only with her personality but he looks she wanted to be the center

Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men' explores the everyday lives of migrant workers during the Great Depression. In this era, American men were forced to leave their families and become 'drifters'. These were people who didn't have a fixed job and continually moved from place to place.

In John Steinbeck 's novel, Of Mice and Men, we gather our first impressions of Curley 's wife from Candy, a man with one arm and who 's only companion is his dog and is his equivalent of a friend, which he has had since it was a pup. "I had 'im since he was a pup". We develop our initial impressions of Curley 's wife as being flirtatious, attention seeking and even promiscuous .

She only married Curley because she wanted to get away from her Mother. The only reason she wanted to leave her Mother was because she thought her Mother was

She has no friends and no one takes the time to listen to her. As the only woman on the ranch she has nobody to turn to. Curley doesn’t appreciate her or take the time to talk to her. When she goes to Crook’s stable her emotions overtake her and she admits her loneliness, “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in awhile? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (77) She is always stuck in the house either alone or with Curley. Curley just ignores her and doesn't give her the attention that she wants. So she finds it from other men. As the only woman she has only the workers for company. She is isolated and all alone. She only gets attention when she flirts with the men, nobody appreciates her for anything else. They all know she’s unfaithful and flirty, so when alone with her they take advantage of her. The men on the ranch only give her attention if it is to flirt with her,“”If I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together an’ you won’t talk...Ever’ one of you’s scared the rest is goin’ to get something on you.”” (77) The guys on the ranch only pay attention to her when they are alone with her. So they can mess around with her without the other workers knowing. They especially don’t want Curley to find out. It’s hard for Curley’s wife to feel at home on the ranch when no one wants to be her friend.

Curley’s wife perfectly represents the “average woman” in America in the 1930s. She would like to depend less on her husband, she has a fantasy of becoming a renowned actress and she feels secluded and miserable. She has to live in a

”Wha’s the matter with me?’ she cried. ‘Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?” (Steinbeck 87) In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife is discriminated against because she is a woman living in the 1930s when few females could live economically independent of men. By choosing not to name her, Steinbeck reinforces her insignificance on the ranch and her dependence on Curley. While a misfortunate victim of isolation, Curley’s wife exerts unexpected power attempting to mask her pain.

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 novella and who she affect her and other bunkmates throughout the novella. In addition to that I would be showing how Steinbeck creates tension by using Curleys Wife.

In Of Mice & Men, the character Curley’s Wife is depicted as flirtatious, promiscuous, and insensitive. However, her husband Curley sees her as only a possession. Most of the workers at the ranch see her as a tart, whereas Slim, the peaceful and god-like figure out of all the men, see her as lonely. This answer will tell us to which extent, is Curley’s wife a victim, whether towards her flirtatious behaviour, or to everyone’s representation of her.

I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” (pg. 32). Curley’s wife tries to get attention from someone besides Curley by showing herself off, but the men on the ranch realize that if they respond to Curley’s wife, it will elicit a violent response from him and a possibility of getting kicked off the ranch. The result is that Curley’s wife gets a lot of negative attention without any actual friendship. She is also the only woman on the entire ranch from what Steinbeck describes. She cannot talk to the men and there are no women that Curley might allow her to talk to, leaving her without any meaningful relationships. Despite her efforts, she ends up even more separated from the other people on the ranch.

Curley was surrounded by people who respected him and feared him. During his life Curley was a challenging, arrogant, but powerful young man. Though, he was not capable of fully understanding love, he put all his efforts into showing or rather declaring it to everyone else. When Curley introduced himself to people he made sure to notify them that his left hand was preserved for his dear wife. However, on several occasions he would always be asking, “Any of you guys seen my wife?” Essentially he had not much control of his wife, but who really could question Curley’s lousy taste in women. Many spectators say that it’s Curley’s appearance that fully define masculinity. His thin figure with a brown face, with brown eyes and a

look at other Men or Women after they are married but they do not make

Everyone dreams, in times of happiness or despair. Of Mice And Men, a novella by American author John Steinbeck, takes place during the Great Depression in California, where our two main characters, George Milton, and Lennie Smalls are migrant workers on the move because of their recent eviction out of weed. Dreams are outlines of our goals and what we want to achieve, it is what we strive to do or be. As a migrant worker, you don’t have a permanent home or place to work.

Not only is Curley’s wife seen as an object that only serves a sexual purpose to satisfy the needs of men, but also as a dangerous figure that traps men and is “jailbait” to the men on the ranch. The other men on the ranch reject Curley’s wife because of this causing her to become further isolated. Curley’s wife is the only woman on the ranch, emphasising her loneliness- moreover, the rejection she faces for being the only women on the ranch only serves to isolated her further, echoing how woman faced isolation and loneliness in a society were both genders were seen to be equal, thus emphasising the failure of the American

Curly’s Wife choice to seek attention aggravates the ranch hands to the point in which they converse with her. Once the ranch hands engage her they fall prey not just to her trap but they put themselves at risk for punishment at the hands of her husband Curly. This lets the reader know to what length Curly’s Wife would reach to not only be superior but