Curley’s wife controlled assessment Steinbeck shows that the character Curley’s wife is not given a name throughout the novella this gives the reader the impression and shows that she is objectified by Curley and the other workers on the ranch when Candy says “wait’ll you see Curley’s wife”. This also may give the reader the impression that the workers on the ranch see Curley’s wife as something special and that you wouldn’t expect Curley to have a wife of that standard. Steinbeck then uses the
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inequality is shown between men and women through Curley’s wife. His wife is a victim to the world filled with power hungry, “machista” men. Curley’s wife is both, misunderstood and lonely. She does not have anyone to be around and talk to besides her controlling husband. Her description in the novel, which took place during the “Dust Bowl,” significantly demonstrates that women’s roles were insignificant and “non-existent” compared to men’s. Curley’s wife reveals the roles women had because she was awfully
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not mean his wrongs and screws up. Both involved with wanting to live in ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck. True friendship is embedded in these two men. Everyone has a dream of wanting to do something such as George and Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. All George and Lennie want is to live on the fatta the lan and have big acres, animals, and a great life. “O.K. Someday—we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and—"
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for. George and especially Lennie have their dream of a farm, Candy dreams of a place for his last days and Crooks dreams of equality. But one of the most significant dreams is Curley’s Wife's dreams. Because she knows that she can not achieve her dream she gives them up and marries Curley. Steinbeck describes Curley's as a girl with “full, rouged lips and wide spaced eyes”, Red fingernails, red mules with little bouquets of red
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Explore the Significance of Curley's Wife in 'Of Mice and Men' How is Curley's Wife presented in 'Of Mice and Men'? The novel is a microcosm, a cross section of society reflecting the prejudice. Blacks had no rights in America; they were seen as ‘nobody’s. Women too had very few rights. The itinerant workers ended to be loners. All these people were forced into loneliness and isolation; they each had a dream in hope of a better life often referred to at the time as ‘The American Dream’. Central
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Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the characters Lennie Small, George Milton, and Curley’s Wife all had dreams and were determined to achieve them. One of the main characters in Of Mice and Men, Lennie Small had a dream he was determined to achieve. Lennie Small was a very large man who was not mentally stable; people called him crazy. They called him crazy because during the great depression they did not have the technology the do presently. Lennie travels with his friend
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Curley’s Wife: Miss Dynamite or lonely victim? Curley’s wife is a young, pretty woman, who is mistrusted by her husband, Curley. The other characters refer to her only as ‘Curley's wife,’ which is significant as she is the only character in the novel without a name. She is a simple object or possession belonging to her husband and this shows the severity of the sexual discrimination in America in 1930s. I believe Steinbeck would have thought of her not as a person but a symbol. Almost everyone
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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
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Curley’s wife is introduced as desperate for attention as she is segregated from every other character due to being the only woman on the ranch. She strives to gain attention in many ways, including flirting and beautifully presenting herself. Curley’s wife’s flirtatious manner is obviously noticed by George and Lennie when she ‘…leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward’. Her body language here exemplifies her way of exposing her character to gain attention from the men on
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Curley’s Wife The novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small; two migrant ranch workers, their struggle to become free and independent men and their dream to work up a stake and live off the land. It is set during the Great Depression on a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley; the ranch is owned by the boss whose son Curley is married to the only female character in the novel, Curley’s Wife. She is a tarty and lonely woman who has nothing better to do than flirt
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