From the extract I can tell that Curley’s wife craves attention from others and that George and some of the other ranch workers are very suspicious of and dislike her. As evidenced when George says ‘Jesus, what a tramp’ he is quite disgusted by her due to her dressing somewhat provocatively and goes on to tell Lennie to ‘leave her be’ as he can tell that Lennie is attracted to her and is worried about what might happen. When Curley’s wife enters the bunkhouse ‘the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off’ this foreshadows Lennie killing Curley’s wife later on; light symbolises hope which represents the dream farm and Curley’s wife blocks it. Curley’s wife is primarily presented to be someone who could be dangerous – she wears a lot
