Essay on Curley

shows violence through Curley, Lennie, and George. Curley answers to a problem through violence and threats. For instance, Curley got offended by Lennie laughing at him and candy fighting, Curley takes advantage of Lennie and starts to fight him knowing Lennie can't fight back, Curley “slashed him with his left and then smashed down his nose with a right”(63). Curley often only thinks about him and thinks everything is about him causing him to get offended easily. Curley is always picking fights

Another great novel for the world to see. Of Mice and Men. This book has many unique characters who all have a different story and something going on but one character in particular named Curley is who we will be talking about. Curley is rude and violent and always assuming someone is with his girl. For these reasons curley has been diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder. “The word personality describes deeply ingrained patterns of behavior and the manner in which individuals perceive, relate to,

The physical description of Lennie is a large man with broad shoulders. Lennie is strong, a good worker, and drags his feet a little. Lennie doesn’t have a shaped face and has pale eyes. The physical description of George is a small, fast, dark face, shaped face, small features, thin arms, and a bony nose. George’s first complaint to Lennie is that Lennie is drinking too much water which may cause Lennie to get sick. The trouble George and Lennie had in Weed was Lennie tried to pet a girl’s dress

to fit in. Men have higher responsibilities expected to show who they are to gain respect amongst other males. In the novel Curley is the son of the ranch owner. Curley is not taken serious amongst the ranch workers, which leads him to display his masculinity through his appearance to look as a male. He is a small structured men while no one looks at him as a man. Curley has often found himself in competition with Simon. Simon has a natural look that gives him respected not needing to demand

his successful lifetime in the 6th century B.C. Curley is a character who deals with anger and making threatening actions. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie have always dreamed about living with their own far, home, and land. But as Lennie has some sort of mental issues, he doesn't always understand the consequences to his actions. On the ranch, Lennie and George meet Curley and automatically feel threatened by him. Curley doesn't understand Lennie’s mental issues and

reacts and shows their insecurities in a different manner. One character, Curley, shows his insecurities in such a peculiar way that some may argue that he is not insecure at all. Curley lives his life with bravado and aggression which may lead people to believe that he is confident when in fact he is unconfident. His bravado and aggression does not mean he’s confident. Curley acts aggressively because he is insecure. Curley is described by Steinbeck

future. Would he be the one to kill Lennie or would he let Curley do the work of ending Lennie’s life. George by the end did make the right decision. It all started when Curley was looking for his wife and wants to pick a fight with Lennie. Lennie doesn’t protect himself at first but then “George yells, ‘Get him, Lennie. Don’t let him do it.’ ” Lennie goes for Curley’s hand and crunches it into small little pieces. Lennie looks at Curley in panic as he holds his broken hand. George rushes over to

unstable. Throughout the book Of Mice of Men, the relationship between George and Lennie is shown to be an argumentative but respectful relationship which keeps it in balance. But Curley and his wife’s relationship is a mess of fear and disrespect for each other. The relationship of George and Lennie compared to Curley and his wife’s relationship shows that there will need to be a mutual effort, understanding, and respect for one another to have a working relationship. The relationship between George

I--did it--to--protect--Lennie!” But Curley wasn’t even listening, he had been mumbling curse words and foul names ever since the fight had started. Finally, George collected himself and rolled over out of Curley’s reach. He stood up uneasily and swayed back and forth before dodging another of Curley’s punches. He finally was able to catch Curley in the face and knock him to the ground. He kicked him twice more, hard, until he no longer fought

In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses Curley to portray the many hardships throughout the Great Depression. His actions are the basis of daily life during this unfortunate time, as well as the mini battles between characters. It is critical to understand one’s perspective on life through examples experienced by each and every character. Curley had many conflicts within himself as well as with other people and society around him, the Great Depression sparks the never ending fire that fuels the internal