Angela Sibley Lozano
Mrs. Luttrell
English
31 January 2018
Curley's wife
In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, two men George and Lennie, have many limitations in life. George and Lennie end up on a farm where they meet people who also have limitations, one of those people happens to be a character known as “Curley's wife”. Steinbeck crafts Curley's wife as a sexualized object in order to reveal that women are dehumanized and thus excluded from the American Dream.
Not only does Curley's wife have to deal with being the only women on a ranch full of men but she also has to deal with only being known as a possession to her husband and to the others. “Curleys wife” (Pg 79) represents how they do not respect her enough to call her by her own name showing how much she lacks an identity of her own and is treated as a piece of property to her husband making it hard for her to do what she wants without being critiqued by the men on the farm.
Another way Steinbeck objectifys Curley's wife is by using specific vocabulary “Don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her. You …show more content…
Also Steinbeck puts to use “I might of knew… Maybe you just better go along an' roll your hoop. We ain't got nothing to say to you at all. We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not." (Pg 105) Steinbeck reveals how when she walks in everybody stops the conversation they are having, neglects her and asks her to leave because they know not to mess with her since she belongs to Curley and everyone knows
Mrs. Luttrell
English
31 January 2018
Curley's wife
In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, two men George and Lennie, have many limitations in life. George and Lennie end up on a farm where they meet people who also have limitations, one of those people happens to be a character known as “Curley's wife”. Steinbeck crafts Curley's wife as a sexualized object in order to reveal that women are dehumanized and thus excluded from the American Dream.
Not only does Curley's wife have to deal with being the only women on a ranch full of men but she also has to deal with only being known as a possession to her husband and to the others. “Curleys wife” (Pg 79) represents how they do not respect her enough to call her by her own name showing how much she lacks an identity of her own and is treated as a piece of property to her husband making it hard for her to do what she wants without being critiqued by the men on the farm.
Another way Steinbeck objectifys Curley's wife is by using specific vocabulary “Don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her. You …show more content…
Also Steinbeck puts to use “I might of knew… Maybe you just better go along an' roll your hoop. We ain't got nothing to say to you at all. We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not." (Pg 105) Steinbeck reveals how when she walks in everybody stops the conversation they are having, neglects her and asks her to leave because they know not to mess with her since she belongs to Curley and everyone knows