Curley's Wife In Of Mice Of Men

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Curley's wife is the most loneliest character in the novella Mice Of Men. In the book it shows how Curley's wife always try to be around the guys as much as possible and has different excuses on why she is around. Like on page 31 she says “I’m tryin’ to find Curley, Slim.” looking for a reason to be around. People in the book try to call her a, slut and tramp because of the way she dresses and she always seem to be hitting on the guys, when she was probably just trying to be around or maybe even testing them, for Curley.

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