their journey to achieving the American Dream. On their quest, they arrive at a farm where they meet a nameless farm wife who is simply referred to as Curley's wife. Throughout the novella she is objectified and isolated which helps develop the theme of loneliness. Because she is a woman, she is deprived of many opportunities to have dreams and goals in her life. Steinbeck crafts Curley’s wife’s character to demonstrate the role of women in the 1930’s, and to prove that women will never be able to
on just the surface. You have to dig deeper with them to find out who they really are. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife changes right before our eyes throughout the story. In the beginning, she is
may not be realistic, but most everyone believes they can one day achieve them. It's important that people support one another on their seemingly impossible dream, no one should give up on his or her dreams. In John Steinbeck's, Of Mice and Men, Curley's wife, the spouse of the ranch boss, has feelings of loneliness, and like her dream of becoming an actor have no value. In this quote all the workers from the ranch are lying to her because they don't think she is smart enough to handle what really happened
Slim commands respect because he is intelligent but has no one on his level to talk to. Candy, an old ranch hand feels his smelly dog is his best friend. Curley’s wife looks for others to tell her story about her past. Crooks pretends to not care about the others with his bitterness. The author depicts Candy’s weakness and age, Curley’s wife seeking attention and Crooks’ isolation on a ranch near Soledad as a lonely existence. Candy is an old man who works on the farm feeling useless. He is
One of the themes that this book is about the powerful vs. the powerless. It is shown a lot in this book such as the time when George and Lennie had an argument over Lennie keeping his dead mouse. Even Curley’s Wife and Crooks have an argument and he is shut down because she threatens to have him in trouble with Curley or the boss. When lennie has a conflict with Lennie and Lennie is being attacked. Candy even has it happen to him when they want to shoot his dog. The first show of the power and the
seen as a property to be exact curley’s property as Steinbeck is expressing her identity through someone else. The significance of women around this time comes to show they were plainly perceived to be there as a sexual object and manning the house. In the novella, the author wanted to influence the readers to visualise her character from the opinions of others like Candy as he introduced her to George and Lennie and says “I seen her give slim the eye “. Curley’s wife is then been called a tart straight
dreams. Being called a tart, the eye and the trap, Curley’s wife is the lone female on a all-male ranch on the Salinas Valley in northern California. The men on the ranch only think of her as an object, never as a real person with feelings in the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as powerless and dangerous, using temptation to gain companionship which then causes sympathy for the reader. Curley’s wife is just another distraction that causes trouble for
John Steinbeck has brought the feeling of loneliness in a few of the characters in Of Mice and Men. Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy all have one common characteristic: loneliness. They each have something about them to be isolated from others. Curley’s wife is the only women, Crooks is the only black man, and Candy is handicapped. One character that is lonely is Curley’s wife. She is one character that I think is overlooked because she is so flirtatious and no one would think that she
Of Mice and Men Analysis A companion is someone who “shares the experiences of another, especially when these are unpleasant.” Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck introduces two friends, George and Lennie, who are always looking out for each other. They dream the impossible, but become determined to work because of it during the Depression. Steinbeck portrays the importance of a companion through Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Lennie. Curley’s wife displays the ruthful life of being a woman. She was
narrates the lives of two men, George and Lennie. After being chased out of Weed because of a false rape accusation, the two men are hired at a ranch in Soledad where they meet a series of interesting characters such as Candy, Crooks, Curley, and Curley’s wife who are each isolated from the others in their own way. The novella recounts the lives of George and Lennie attempting to achieve their shared dream of owning their own