Curley’s wife begins to regret living on the ranch with Curley. She starts to regret living there because of the way they treat her. And also because she could be doing better in her life instead of sitting around being bored and only being able to associate with Curley. Curley’s wife states “ I tell you I aint used to livin’ like this, I coulda made somethin’ of myself.” (Steinbeck 88). They treat her wrong because in this novella they only calls her Curley’s wife they never called her by her name so no one will ever know what it was. She starts to wish that she would have lived somewhere else and became an actress. she says “ Well, a show come through, and’ I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol’ lady wouldn 't’
Lennie and Curley's wife are having a conversation in the barn, after Lennie accidentally just killed a puppy and covered it in hay. All of sudden Lennie got scared and the same thing happened to Curley’s wife after she let Lennie touch her soft hair. John Steinbeck uses imagery and characterization to show how Curley’s wife changed after she was killed.
“‘Well, you been askin’ me too often, I’m gettin’ God damn sick of it. If you can’t look after your own Goddamn wife, what you expect me to do about it? You lay offa me” (Steinbeck 62). When Curley cannot find his wife, he becomes quarrelsome and confrontational, putting others in danger. Due to Curley’s wife not staying by her husband’s side, the other ranchers’ duties as well as the lives are put on the line, considering Curley’s amount of power on the farm and his well-known wrestling career.
This is showing the audience that Curley’s wife is trying to show that she wants to be off the farm and on the stage with her unique clothing. This also shows how she doesn’t belong on a farm, or has any care of being on the farm, and wants to be gone. Another way Steinbeck shows how Curley’s wife is hiding the real her by having her say “I tell you I ain’t used to livin’ like this. I coulda made somethin’ of myself” (34). This scene portrays her as a city girl wanting to make it big, and isn’t supposed to at the farm all alone.
Aside from Hollywood, she cannot even have a social life on the ranch let alone becoming an actress. “He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural. Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it…I always thought my ol’ lady stole it” (Steinbeck 88). Curley’s wife is expressing the opportunity she had in life that was tarnished, and brought her to marrying Curley.
The definition of a sympathetic character is one whom the writer expects the reader to identify with and care about, though not necessarily admire. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife, a main character in the book is blatantly portrayed as an unsympathetic character. This is because they only see her through the men's eyes, who only see her as a tiresome object, owned by her husband. Steinbeck’s portrayal of Curley’s wife is unfair and misogynistic because he only displays her as unintelligent and promiscuous, never has a character have a turning point where they realize she’s more than an object, and he never reveals her true name. The first reason that Steinbeck's portrayal of Curley’s wife is unfair is that he never gives Curley any redeeming personality traits, he only depicts her as unintelligent and promiscuous.
I enjoyed reading these two chapters and still am continuing to enjoy this novel. I look forward to reading more to see what else happens in the story. The two characters who make me the most angry would have to be curley and his wife. Curley is a mean, tempered man who I noticed in the first two chapters was an angry person and he continues to be this way through the third and fourth chapters. His temper and anger is particularly evident in the third chapter when he tries to pick a fight with Slim and ends up getting in a fight with Lennie who has still done nothing to him.
The Stienbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men demonstrates Curley’s wife being so invisible that she’s not even given a name and her only identity is being owned by Curley. John Steinbeck’s social realistic novella Of Mice and Men takes place during The Great Depression in Salinas Valley, California and describes the lives of two migrant workers Geroge Milton and Lennie Small who travel from place to place pursuing The American Dream. George takes care of Lennie who has the mental capacity of that of a child who is unaware of his incredible strength. This leads to the accidental deaths of animals and eventually Curley’s wife, which results in Lennie’s death by George’s hand. George was presented with the moral dilemma of killing Lennie mercifully
In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Curley seeks revenge on Lennie and wants to Lynch him for ruining his reputation of being a tough guy. Curley is an angry, evil, little guy who is also the boss's son. Around the ranch he's known as being "pretty handy"(26). We see this part of his reputation demonstrated when he fights Lennie. When Lennie breaks Curley's hand, and Slim and the others blackmail him and tell him, "I think you got your han' caught in a machine.
She doesn’t see that people are calling her a tart just because she acts a certain way and they see her more as a prop, than a person. Curley’s wife is misunderstood because no one knows anything
Getting the Blame When Not Due Is it right to blame anyone for their own death on themselves when they were murdered for doing nothing wrong? People who are murdered should not get the blame for the killer's actions when not due. Curley’s wife was murdered by Lennie in John Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men. Curley’s wife did not know that day in the barn would be her last. Being the only woman on the farm and her past, resulted in her being depressed and lonely.
Flirting is like a game of chess, one wrong move and it is all over. Just like Curley’s wife who does not really think through what she is getting into. In this novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Curley’s wife has really beautiful looks and wears makeup and at the ranch she is always causing trouble. She is an outcast in the ranch, and she is desperate to get attention.
“he says he was gonna put me in the movies. says i was a natural” Curley's wife tells this to Lennie and when she didn't get a letter back her fate changed from movie star to wife of a men farm worker. “coulda been in the movies and had nice clothes. all them nice clothes like what they wear”. Curley’s wife is saying she would of had a great fate with nice clothes and luxury things but ends up with
Surly is defined as being “bad-tempered and unfriendly” (Google definition). This is the perfect definition for the curly-haired antagonist of Of Mice and Men. Most will say there is no justification behind Curley's hostility. He is rude to Lennie upon meeting him, is controlling over his wife, he attacks Lennie, does not mourn his wife's death, and arranges for Lennie's murder. There is speculation that Curley is an ill tempered guy and deserves punishment, yet upon further analysis there is some humanity or reasoning behind Curley's actions.
Many books possess an evil character, a villain, however the villain normally helps to improve the story and create a depth to the plot. In the work Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck uses the character Curley to show that violence is never the answer. When introduced to anyone new, Curley has to threaten them, because he needs to showcase his role of leadership in the group. However if he showed them kindness instead, people wouldn’t see him as an angry person. For example, Candy warns George to distance himself from Curley, because he has a nasty temper and loves beating up big guys because he is not big.
Steinbeck has created contrasting impressions of Curley’s wife. “Of MMice and mMen” is the intriguing novella, set in the 1930’s, by John Steinbeck. He portrays various impressions of Curley’s wife using a range of literary techniques . Curley’s wife is first introduced by Candy, the old swamper, who describes her from his view.