We all have occasions where we don’t see “vis-a-vis” with our parents and get resentful, but at what point is this argument justified to allow us to overreact? Unlike the majority of people who eventually come to a compromise, when Curley's wife and her mother did not agree, she ran away and plummeted into a marriage without a second thought. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, it is shown that Curley's wife needs to be noticed and needs to have a sense of validation, by the way her troubled childhood is told, her unhappy marriage, and how she dresses.
One way that Curley's wife’s need to be noticed and needs to have a sense of validation is shown by the way her troubled childhood is told. She talks about how her mother didn’t let her …show more content…
Steinbeck writes Curley's wife appearance to give a description of someone who wears a tight red cotton dress, hair curled up, and a full face of makeup. As the men describe her they often say how she gives “the eye” to all the men on the ranch and is not faithful to her husband. On page 31 we meet Curly’s wife for the first time, and she gets introduced by… “ ...She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets or red ostrich feathers.” She seems to dress very formally to be living in a barn, a reason behind this could be that she wants to be the attention of the other man at the ranch. On page 32 it is a continuation of George meeting and reacting to Curley's wife for the first time. “Jesus, what a tramp… So that’s what Curley picks for a wife…Bet she’d clear out for twenty bucks” This is proving that Curley's wife tries to find ways to be noticed and to find a sense of validation in whatever situation she can because George is definitely talking about her and showing her attention but not in a positive way. This also shows the issues in the society in this time period because the text is saying that women are accostomed to being very dressed up, and the men appear to …show more content…
Though this book was set in 1930’s and some of the issues may be outdated, there are still many women who behave and dress in certain ways to be noticed and to have a sense of meaning. In all, this novella proves through and through that acting impulsively is harmful, as Curley’s wife is used to determine the harsh realities lots of women faced in the Great Depression. Therefore, connecting back to arguments, we should be wise to avoid violent fights with those we love, as we might end up doing something we will regret
One way that Curley's wife’s need to be noticed and needs to have a sense of validation is shown by the way her troubled childhood is told. She talks about how her mother didn’t let her …show more content…
Steinbeck writes Curley's wife appearance to give a description of someone who wears a tight red cotton dress, hair curled up, and a full face of makeup. As the men describe her they often say how she gives “the eye” to all the men on the ranch and is not faithful to her husband. On page 31 we meet Curly’s wife for the first time, and she gets introduced by… “ ...She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets or red ostrich feathers.” She seems to dress very formally to be living in a barn, a reason behind this could be that she wants to be the attention of the other man at the ranch. On page 32 it is a continuation of George meeting and reacting to Curley's wife for the first time. “Jesus, what a tramp… So that’s what Curley picks for a wife…Bet she’d clear out for twenty bucks” This is proving that Curley's wife tries to find ways to be noticed and to find a sense of validation in whatever situation she can because George is definitely talking about her and showing her attention but not in a positive way. This also shows the issues in the society in this time period because the text is saying that women are accostomed to being very dressed up, and the men appear to …show more content…
Though this book was set in 1930’s and some of the issues may be outdated, there are still many women who behave and dress in certain ways to be noticed and to have a sense of meaning. In all, this novella proves through and through that acting impulsively is harmful, as Curley’s wife is used to determine the harsh realities lots of women faced in the Great Depression. Therefore, connecting back to arguments, we should be wise to avoid violent fights with those we love, as we might end up doing something we will regret