Gender/Feminist Critiques in “Of Mice And Men”
Imagine you lived in an area where there only are people of your opposite sex. You are sent to jail for no cause and you are lonely and locked up in one place. When you are freed, you would most likely want to talk to people and would expect the same from the others. In “Of Mice And Men”, John Steinbeck shows Feminist/Gender Critique. Throughout the book, there’s only one woman living on the ranch and the author demonstrates that she is the villain. This book is about two friends named Lennie and George, who went from Ranch to ranch looking for a place to work During the great depression in California. They finally find a nice job but ran into problems with their boss’s son regarding his wife. The boss’s son’s name is Curley and he loves fighting. He would always look to start a fight and loved his wife. Since Curley’s wife was the only woman on the ranch, Curley didn’t want her talking to other men because he taught something apprehensive might happen. Therefore, …show more content…
Curley’s wife comes to Lennie saying, “What you got there, sonny boy?” and the reply she gets is “George says I ain’t to have nothing to do with you- talk to you or nothing.”. Curley’s wife tells Lennie even when he’s not listening, “Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."Lennie said, "Well, I ain't supposed to talk to you or nothing." "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?"Lennie said, "Well, I ain't supposed to. George's scared I'll get in trouble." Curley’s wife is clearly telling Lennie her problem but in his mind George has set a rule that no matter what, he can’t talk to this “evil”
Imagine you lived in an area where there only are people of your opposite sex. You are sent to jail for no cause and you are lonely and locked up in one place. When you are freed, you would most likely want to talk to people and would expect the same from the others. In “Of Mice And Men”, John Steinbeck shows Feminist/Gender Critique. Throughout the book, there’s only one woman living on the ranch and the author demonstrates that she is the villain. This book is about two friends named Lennie and George, who went from Ranch to ranch looking for a place to work During the great depression in California. They finally find a nice job but ran into problems with their boss’s son regarding his wife. The boss’s son’s name is Curley and he loves fighting. He would always look to start a fight and loved his wife. Since Curley’s wife was the only woman on the ranch, Curley didn’t want her talking to other men because he taught something apprehensive might happen. Therefore, …show more content…
Curley’s wife comes to Lennie saying, “What you got there, sonny boy?” and the reply she gets is “George says I ain’t to have nothing to do with you- talk to you or nothing.”. Curley’s wife tells Lennie even when he’s not listening, “Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."Lennie said, "Well, I ain't supposed to talk to you or nothing." "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?"Lennie said, "Well, I ain't supposed to. George's scared I'll get in trouble." Curley’s wife is clearly telling Lennie her problem but in his mind George has set a rule that no matter what, he can’t talk to this “evil”