Curley's Wife Obstacles

Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck is about the struggles during the Great Depression. The perspective is of two men, George and Lennie, who have a dream to live on there own farm. The reality is moving from place to place making as much money as they can to live a sustainable life on the farms they work on. During most of the book Lennie and George are on a farm they just started working on. Throughout the story the reader hears about the obstacles these two characters have to go through. One of these obstacles is Curley's Wife. Curley's Wife is the only female role in the book. She plays the part of a lonely wife eager for attention but not always knowing how to get it. Curley's wife's Loneliness causes her to treats others badly. Curley's Wife is not liked by all of the workers on the farm and is unwanted. She is left out because she is known to …show more content…
Crook's is the only black man on the farm and Curley's Wife is the only women on the farm. Curley's Wife lashes out at Crook's but being the better person he just tells her to leave. He doesn't want to get fired knowing the position he is in. “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. So maybe you better jus’ scatter along now, ’cause Curley maybe ain’t gonna like his wife out in the barn with us ‘bindle stiffs.’ ”(56) This quote tells the reader that Curley's Wife likes to talk to the workers but doesn't know how to approach them. She gets upset easily though and even calls them "bindle stiffs." Bindle stiffs are hobos that go from place to place with their belongings. Crook's was trying to get Curley's Wife to leave by using an insult that Curley's Wife herself would probably use against, Lennie, George, Candy and Crook. In the end Curley's wife ends up separating herself by saying she could have Crook's