Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is a story that takes the reader on an adventure with George Milton and Lennie Small as they try to find work to make money. After running away from a small town called Weed, they were out of work and needed a job. They eventually find work on a ranch in Salinas Valley. During their time on the ranch we meet multiple characters and learn different things about them. One character that really sticks out to the reader is Curley’s wife. Curley is the son of the ranch owner and therefore treats everybody poorly including his wife. Curley’s wife is very lonely on the ranch and tries to talk to the guys when they are alone. However, they all take it the wrong way and don’t want to get into any trouble with the
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Throughout the story the reader sees her as bossy and rude, but doesn’t understand why and just thinks it is her personality. As the book progresses it is understood. After she is rejected by everyone when she tries to talk, she resorts to Lennie. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (86). She doesn’t realize why nobody will talk to her and she blames everybody else for it. She doesn’t see that her approach is what makes the guys not want to talk and that she is the wife of the boss’s son and can get them fired. “What’s the matter with me? Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody” (87). Once again after Lennie keeps saying he will get in trouble if he talks to her, she doesn’t understand why. During her conversation however, she lets loose and tells Lennie her true feelings about Curley. “I get lonely,” she said. “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody” (87). This is where the reader starts to feel sympathy for Curley’s wife and starts to understand why she is the way she is. All she wants is for somebody to talk to her and keep her company besides Curley but that doesn’t happen and she wishes she would’ve never married
Throughout the story the reader sees her as bossy and rude, but doesn’t understand why and just thinks it is her personality. As the book progresses it is understood. After she is rejected by everyone when she tries to talk, she resorts to Lennie. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (86). She doesn’t realize why nobody will talk to her and she blames everybody else for it. She doesn’t see that her approach is what makes the guys not want to talk and that she is the wife of the boss’s son and can get them fired. “What’s the matter with me? Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody” (87). Once again after Lennie keeps saying he will get in trouble if he talks to her, she doesn’t understand why. During her conversation however, she lets loose and tells Lennie her true feelings about Curley. “I get lonely,” she said. “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody” (87). This is where the reader starts to feel sympathy for Curley’s wife and starts to understand why she is the way she is. All she wants is for somebody to talk to her and keep her company besides Curley but that doesn’t happen and she wishes she would’ve never married