Curley's Wife Stereotypes Analysis

Stereotypes are generalized ideas that are used to define us in society. In the story they are used to make feel character's superior and/or lesser of one another. When Curley’s wife comes into Crooks bunk in the harness room, she uses his cognitive disability as a way to make her feel superior than him by making an insinuation by referring him as a “dum-dum” due to his mental illness. “An’ what am I doin’? Standin’ here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs―a nigger an dum-dum and lousy ol’ sheep.” Stereotypes shape the society/time period by how one should look like, how one supposedly acts/is, who to talk to, or reject.
“Migrant Workers” are said to always have a goal of having their own piece of land,but never accomplish it. Crooks is telling …show more content…
Curley’s wife, like always, went to ask the guys if they had seen Curley. Knowing that Curley gets easily jealous they asked her to go back to her own house because they don’t want trouble. In response she said “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once ina while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” “Individuals with cognitive disabilities” like Lennie are inferenced to be unintelligent, and crazy. When Lennie tells Crooks about the rabbits he is going to tend to in their farm, he thinks he is crazy. “Crooks adjusted his glasses. “Figuring? What’s Candy figuring about?” Lennie almost shouted, “ ‘Bout the rabbits.” “You’re nuts,” said Crooks. “You’re crazy as a wedge. What rabbits you talkin’ about?” “The rabbits we’re gonna get, and I get to tend ‘em cut grass an ‘ give ‘em water, an like that.” “Jus’ nuts ,” said Crooks. “I don’t blame the guy you travel with for keepin’ you outta sight.” He also calls him dumb by saying that he doesn’t understand a single thing that George tells him. “Sometimes he talks, and you don’t know what the hell he’s talkin’ about. “Ain’t that so?” He leaned forward, boring Lennie with his deep eyes. “Ain’t that so?” “Yeah…