Once George and Lennie arrive at their new workplace, a farm in California, they meet up with the boss in their bunkhouse. While being interviewed by the boss, George talks in place of Lennie so the latter doesn't say anything foolish. George even goes as far as to lie about Lennie, claiming that the two were cousins and that Lennie got kicked in the head by a horse. After the interview, a short man named Curley enters the bunkhouse and yells at George for not letting Lennie speak. As a result, George begins to resent Curley because of his attitude. Candy, the swamper, tells him that Curley dislikes large men such as Lennie and thus picks bones with them. Later on, when George and Lennie search for Curley, they end up meeting his wife, who
George is a small man, who looks after Lennie. Lennie is a large man, who is very forgetful. Curley is the boss’s son, who likes to beat up big guys and get them canned. Curley’s wife can be described as a “tart”, and gives any man she sees “the eye”. The boss is the ranch owner, Curley’s father, and Lennie and George’s employer.
Imagine yourself being someone who loves to communicate, express feelings, talk about issues with your friends, but can’t. You can’t because you’re the only girl working on a ranch in the late 30’s trying really hard to get a little bit of money to have a better life. You have a husband but he’s got plenty of friends because there’s more men to communicate with. Curley’s wife has the exact same problems. Her loneliest ended up taking her life though.
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.
”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.
During the Great Depression, families lost everything as banks crashed and dust swirled over the barren landscape of the Midwest. Parents left their homes and bundled their children and worldly possessions into their cars and headed west to the land of hope in California. In this time, it is difficult to think of groups bonding together, especially as workers compete for limited agricultural jobs on ranches. However, while John Steinbeck’s characters in the novella Of Mice and Men isolate themselves in some ways from the world, they are also interconnected in webs of community throughout their ranch. Curley’s wife, Crooks, George Milton, and Lennie Small are all
Thesis: Through Curley’s wife, George and Lennie, and Crooks; Steinbeck demonstrates that dreams may go askew in the face of greater forces. Dreams prove ultimately harmful for those delegated to the margins of society. Crooks’ dream of not being in isolation represents powerlessness in the face of racial discrimination. As Lennie enter Crooks room, Crooks tries to apprehend him but gives in and lets him stay.
depression took place and at that time everyone wanted to be equal because everyone had to live the same because things weren't right. The novel of mice and men is sad because people died within the first 100 pages. Also the novel was depressing because Curley wife wanted to feel like was over ever. It is also depressing Lennie died because George didn’t want to see him suffer because some thing that he didn't mean to do. Because he was scared and didn't want to get in trouble for talking to curley's wife. So while he was touching her.
Lennie and George have hurriedly left their last ranch following an incident involving Lennie. The next day they arrive at the ranch where they meet the other characters, the old swamper Candy, The Boss, the boss' son Curley, Curley's striking wife who flirts with all the men. Also Slim the respected worker on the ranch and Carlson, another
- Lord Chesterfield once said, "You must look into people, as well as at them." If you apply this logic to Curley's wife and Crooks in the book, Of Mice and Men, you will find that they are the same in many ways despite their differences in race and sex. These two unfortunate souls live in a world full of shattered dreams, discrimination, and loneliness.
“I get lonely,” she said. “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to anybody but Curley. Else, he gets mad.” (Steinbeck 87) In “Of Mice and Men,” Curley’s wife is treated like nothing.
In Of Mice and Men by author John Steinbeck, our perception of Curly’s Wife changes a lot during chapter 4. The first real insight, to Curley's Wife’s life, is on page 77 in which she corners Crooks, Lennie, and Candy in the barn. “‘Well, I ain’t giving no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?' ... 'Spends all his time sayin' what he's going to do to guys he don't like, and he don't like nobody'" (Steinbeck). The author explains that Curly's Wife wants to have a friend but she's pushed away by everyone. At home it is no better, Curly only talks about fighting guys and does not give his wife that much attention. She is treated as a trophy wife. After this moment,
A moral lesson would be to not judge someone before you get to really know them. There might be more to them than you think. In the novel Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the two main characters George and Lennie look for work on a ranch. There’s only one woman on the ranch and that is Curley’s wife. Throughout the novel Steinbeck shows how Curley’s wife is viewed by the men. They think poorly of her and believe her to be nothing but an unfaithful floozy. She only strays from Curley because she feels lonely and neglected. She’s bitter that she missed an opportunity to make it big in the movies. She is now stuck on a ranch with a husband she doesn’t love. She takes all this bottled emotion and projects it at the workers in forms of
In the period of the 1930s in America there were lots of forms of discrimination: one of them was sexism. Women were not seen as equal to men: they had fewer rights than men, were paid less and most of them were only allowed to take care of domestic chores. In that period of time, women started realizing how submitted they were to men, so they began having ideas on how they could improve their lives and gain more independence. They had their own American Dream.
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 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.