In John Steinbeck’s Novel, Of Mice and Men, the character, Curley’s Wife, is a misunderstood woman, as were most women during The Great Depression. Everyone is basically judging her like people judge a book by its cover, which leads to her acting out in ways to get attention because the loneliness and depression is eating away at her. Curley’s wife may seem like there is nothing to her. Some might think she just stands for a promiscuous person, but that is the thing. So many people judge before
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Steinbeck represents Curley as an arrogant and self-centered man. This might be because his wife is a flirt and craves attention from people as she doesn't receive it from her husband. She knows that her beauty is the only way she can get attention from other men as she is young and attractive. Therefore other men in the ranch label her as a "tart", "jailbait" and she's got "the eye", which is a stereotype that the men place on her. This also gives an impression to the reader that she is out to cause
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conflict occurs when the two find work on a ranch in Soledad, California, and Curley, the ranch owner’s son, starts harassing Lennie. Curley’s wife, who is not named in the novel, arouses Lennie, and Lennie’s unhuman-like strength causes him to accidentally kill her. George knows the men on the ranch will brutally kill Lennie once they find out he killed Curley’s wife, so George decides to end Lennie’s life quickly by shooting Lennie in the back of the head. Throughout the novel, the reader can infer
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migrants looking for work in the money deprived American financial system. Lennie is mentally unstable and has a troublesome time performing at the level of a stable minded person. Lennie finds himself in a troubling predicament when he kills Curley's’ wife, this brings a very problematic decision for George. George must decide whether to protect or come to the correct resolution and kill Lennie himself. In the novella Of
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There is only one main, female character in the text, referred to as Curley's wife, who Steinbeck characterizes well throughout the text as an unfitting, flirtatious and irresponsible woman who does not contribute to her household. First, when Curley's wife is being introduced to the antagonists, George and Lennie, at the bunkhouse she is described as very elegant and voluptuous. When Lennie and George look up to see Curley's wife for the first time she wears a “cotton house dress and red mules, on
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Lennie’s actions may be accidental, such as the murder of Curley’s wife. However, when he kills her, he notices he’s “done a real bad thing”. Lennie’s choice to hide her body is essential because if anybody found out that he killed Curley’s wife, the consequence would result in his own death. George prevents more trouble for other men on the farm by killing Lennie because he would have been killed anyways. After the fatal death of Curley’s wife, Lennie’s death and there were only 2 ways: the men’s way
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Explore Steinbeck’s portrayal of Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men Of mice and men was set in America during the 1930’s when the whole country was going through the great depression so no one had much money and it became hard for men to find jobs and keep them. This is why it is strange at the start of the novel when we are introduced to George and Lennie traveling together to find work. It was hard for men to find jobs alone and even harder for two men to find jobs together. During the great
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The characters in the book represent the meaning of strength, but their strength is not always physical. For instance Curley and his wife have the most power; they control and bully the others on the ranch. Curley’s wife likes to let people know that she has power, and she can do as she pleases without being punished (Beatty). For example she bullies Crooks because he’s black, she explains to him that she could have him lynched if he does anything wrong (Steinbeck 81). Although her biggest strength
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book: Curley’s Wife. Steinbeck’s depiction of this flirtacious but “lonely” temptress has the reader leaping from heartbreaking sympathy to nurturing an intense abhorrence for Curley’s Wife. In the very first few moments that the novel introduces Curley’s Wife, she is immediatley condemned to the reader’s dislike because the author depicts her character as a threat to not just George and Lennie, but their aspirations to “live off the fatta the land”. The author intends to establish Curley’s Wife
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of Curley, Lennie, and Curley’s Wife. Curley’s inner doubt leads him to lash out in violence. To start, Curley feels threatened by big people. Candy described that Curley was “alla time picking scraps with big guys” because he’s mad “he ain’t a big guy” (Steinbeck 26). When Curley is after Lennie, Steinbeck develops the threat of bigger people to Curley. In addition, Curley assaults people who his wife eyes. Because Curley’s Wife is promiscuous, Curley
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