Steinbeck uses many characters in the book “Of Mice and Men” to express certain discriminations. Some examples are discrimination of other races besides whites, people with disabilities, and many other ones. One of the characters he uses for the discriminations is Curley’s wife. Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife to show us how gender discrimination effects women. One of the most famous quotes that Curley’s wife says is, “I tell you I ain’t used to livin’ like this I coulda made Somethin’ of myself” (Steinbeck 88). She says this because of the way she is being treated by everybody else on the ranch, even her husband Curley. When she was younger she wanted to become an actress. Although, her family said no and they didn’t want her to become an actress.
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Many of the women did not like this lifestyle so they did many marches and movements for this. An example of this is when women in the 1900s created NAWSA. The reason why Curley’s wife was like this is because of what she was going into or wanting to go into. Since she didn’t get into the acting business she was acting towards the men on the ranch in many ways. She started flirting with the other men on the ranch even though, she is married. Some of the women in that time period were also treated badly by men. Some of the men would beat, scream, yell, or even murder some of the women. They were sometimes treated like this because a lot of the men thought they should be the ones dominating over the women and not the women dominating over the men. When Lennie accidentally murdered Curley’s wife, Curley cared more about shooting and/or killing Lennie than caring about his wife who is dead. Curley has also yelled at her and possibly beat her too. “Well I ain’t told this to nobody before. Maybe I ought’n to, I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella” (Steinbeck 89). She says this to Lennie when she said she could’ve become an actress. Since Curley’s wife wanted …show more content…
Lennie has too. After Curley’s wife met Lennie, she was starting to think differently towards him. She first started to flirt with him a little bit, even though she has a husband. Then she started to notice that she could talk to Lennie a lot easier than talking to the other men. Since Lennie doesn’t really know much and just cares about the bunnies he would be getting, he is easier to talk to because he wouldn’t be judgmental, biased, or make fun of her for anything she says. An example of this is when they are in the barn with the horses on the ranch. When she first walked in, she was wondering what Lennie was hiding. Then she noticed that he accidentally killed one of the puppies. After a while, she decided to tell Lennie about the time she wanted to become an actress. Although no one really approved of it. Lennie was just sitting there listening to her and he didn’t say anything that could’ve made her upset. In conclusion, Steinbeck is trying to show us that women weren’t treated fairly either. They were treated like maids, toys, and like a statue. In the book “Of Mice and Men”, Curley’s wife tries to put past that by talking to Lennie who will try to listen to her and won’t criticize her, make fun of her, be biased, or be judgmental towards her. Lennie also has a disability, which is something else that a lot of people
Many of the women did not like this lifestyle so they did many marches and movements for this. An example of this is when women in the 1900s created NAWSA. The reason why Curley’s wife was like this is because of what she was going into or wanting to go into. Since she didn’t get into the acting business she was acting towards the men on the ranch in many ways. She started flirting with the other men on the ranch even though, she is married. Some of the women in that time period were also treated badly by men. Some of the men would beat, scream, yell, or even murder some of the women. They were sometimes treated like this because a lot of the men thought they should be the ones dominating over the women and not the women dominating over the men. When Lennie accidentally murdered Curley’s wife, Curley cared more about shooting and/or killing Lennie than caring about his wife who is dead. Curley has also yelled at her and possibly beat her too. “Well I ain’t told this to nobody before. Maybe I ought’n to, I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella” (Steinbeck 89). She says this to Lennie when she said she could’ve become an actress. Since Curley’s wife wanted …show more content…
Lennie has too. After Curley’s wife met Lennie, she was starting to think differently towards him. She first started to flirt with him a little bit, even though she has a husband. Then she started to notice that she could talk to Lennie a lot easier than talking to the other men. Since Lennie doesn’t really know much and just cares about the bunnies he would be getting, he is easier to talk to because he wouldn’t be judgmental, biased, or make fun of her for anything she says. An example of this is when they are in the barn with the horses on the ranch. When she first walked in, she was wondering what Lennie was hiding. Then she noticed that he accidentally killed one of the puppies. After a while, she decided to tell Lennie about the time she wanted to become an actress. Although no one really approved of it. Lennie was just sitting there listening to her and he didn’t say anything that could’ve made her upset. In conclusion, Steinbeck is trying to show us that women weren’t treated fairly either. They were treated like maids, toys, and like a statue. In the book “Of Mice and Men”, Curley’s wife tries to put past that by talking to Lennie who will try to listen to her and won’t criticize her, make fun of her, be biased, or be judgmental towards her. Lennie also has a disability, which is something else that a lot of people