Section four – Bad Curley’s wife (malicious act against Crooks)
In Chapter 4, Steinbeck portrays a malicious act from Curley’s wife towards Crooks; Curley’s wife has a lot of power over Crooks, which leaves him terrified. This affects the reader because we feel sympathy for Crooks. This is in evidence when she say’s “I can get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” The phrase “strung up” connotes the lynching that happened during the history of this time. This is due to the fact that, this would have been a particular nasty threat for Crooks this would have petrified former slaves because it was a common punishment for disobedience. Curley’s wife was xenophobic and she browbeats Crooks because he attempts to assert his authority over her. She is also colloquialism and naïve due to the fact that in the 1930’s the woman used to speak like that, like when Curley’s wife said “it Ain’t even funny.” “Ain’t” was a common word because they didn’t use “isn’t.”Curley’s wife always takes her …show more content…
Steinbeck’s point of view was that the Great Depression was reflecting on how people wear threating society. This is in evidence when she say’s “Listen nigger.” This is suggesting that she’s xenophobic and no one listen’s to her, although she can make him listen and she’s intense about it, due to the fact she can get him lynched. When Curley’s wife say’s “I can get.” This shows the lack of power she has and how she has