Discrimination has been the cause of many troubling issues throughout the course of history, including lynching a person for who they are, killing them, starting a war, and even changing a person from who they used to be. Lennie is traveling with his friend George ,looking for a ranch to work on, but Lennie is no ordinary person, he has a mental disability which causes him to forget things easily and is shy to even speak for himself. Curley's wife is a housewife who's married to Curley, but she has no name and is the only girl and on the ranch which makes her feel awfully lonely which causes her to talk-flirt with the workers. Crooks is a black worker on the ranch who is crippled from his crooked back, although he's free, he is treated unfairly
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She is known without a name and is believed to be "tart" or a "tramp" because she talks to other workers in a semi-seductive way. She is the only girl on the ranch and her husband doesn't pay her much attention making her feel lonely. Therefore, Curley's wife walks around the ranch in high heel boots supposedly looking for Curley, who always seems to have passed by where she checks for him, but instead of leaving she sticks around to talk to the men who know that she isn't really looking for Curley and avoid talking to her to avoid trouble. Steinbeck uses the words, "she looked at her fingernails, ‘Sometimes Curley's in here,' she explained, George said brusquely, ‘well he ain't now'" (31). This section shows that Curley's wife is inexorable and tries to gain attention from the men and find every possible excuse to talk to anyone just for a few moments, nevertheless she gets pushed back by them. The men really mean it when they don't want her around because they make it known by answering her brusquely and harshly. Although Curley's wife only tried doing a bit of friendly conversation, George pushed her back indicating that they weren't interested because he observed Curley's attitude over the topic of his wife. Yet Curley's wife still insists on talking to the men, knowing that they don't want to. The text says, "If he ain't I guess I better look someplace else," she said playfully (31). This …show more content…
Which means most people wouldn't understand if Lennie got in trouble. Lennie has had his share of trouble throughout his travel with George, but he has done bad things unintentionally and because he didn't think they were bad or didn't understand what he was doing wrong in that moment, he would get in serious trouble. According to the text, this is explained in the quote,"’What'd he do in weed?... Well, he seen this girl in a red dress… he wants to touch ever'thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an' the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that's the only thing he can think to do’" (41). The evidence demonstrates what kind of trouble Lennie has gotten himself into in the past and how other people reacted to his actions. He is only curious and just wants to experience something that catches his attention, but his actions show a different perspective, one of malice, and his fear of getting in trouble only worsens it by scaring the person more by not letting go. The action of not letting go could give a someone the idea of rape, harm, or danger. Such as the girl Lennie scarred, she went and reported to the police that Lennie tried to rape her. Even though Lennie didn't. Lennie doesn't know his own strength as well and has a hard time with petting small things like
She is known without a name and is believed to be "tart" or a "tramp" because she talks to other workers in a semi-seductive way. She is the only girl on the ranch and her husband doesn't pay her much attention making her feel lonely. Therefore, Curley's wife walks around the ranch in high heel boots supposedly looking for Curley, who always seems to have passed by where she checks for him, but instead of leaving she sticks around to talk to the men who know that she isn't really looking for Curley and avoid talking to her to avoid trouble. Steinbeck uses the words, "she looked at her fingernails, ‘Sometimes Curley's in here,' she explained, George said brusquely, ‘well he ain't now'" (31). This section shows that Curley's wife is inexorable and tries to gain attention from the men and find every possible excuse to talk to anyone just for a few moments, nevertheless she gets pushed back by them. The men really mean it when they don't want her around because they make it known by answering her brusquely and harshly. Although Curley's wife only tried doing a bit of friendly conversation, George pushed her back indicating that they weren't interested because he observed Curley's attitude over the topic of his wife. Yet Curley's wife still insists on talking to the men, knowing that they don't want to. The text says, "If he ain't I guess I better look someplace else," she said playfully (31). This …show more content…
Which means most people wouldn't understand if Lennie got in trouble. Lennie has had his share of trouble throughout his travel with George, but he has done bad things unintentionally and because he didn't think they were bad or didn't understand what he was doing wrong in that moment, he would get in serious trouble. According to the text, this is explained in the quote,"’What'd he do in weed?... Well, he seen this girl in a red dress… he wants to touch ever'thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an' the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that's the only thing he can think to do’" (41). The evidence demonstrates what kind of trouble Lennie has gotten himself into in the past and how other people reacted to his actions. He is only curious and just wants to experience something that catches his attention, but his actions show a different perspective, one of malice, and his fear of getting in trouble only worsens it by scaring the person more by not letting go. The action of not letting go could give a someone the idea of rape, harm, or danger. Such as the girl Lennie scarred, she went and reported to the police that Lennie tried to rape her. Even though Lennie didn't. Lennie doesn't know his own strength as well and has a hard time with petting small things like