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.…
Curley’s Wife plays a major part to the theme of loneliness. She’s a woman who is always heavily made up, with her hair in sausage curls along with wearing clothes that isn’t fit for a ranch. Many of the characters in the novel would talk badly about her, calling her a tart, jail bait, and trouble maker. The only reason that she is talked badly about, is because she is always trying to flirt with any man in the ranch, and the men of the ranch don’t want any problems with Curly, they try to ignore her, but many of them take it the wrong way, she is only trying to find someone to talk to, because she is lonely up in the house, with Curley not even giving her any attention.…
Curley's wife is an interesting individual. She is 15 Married to an owner's son of a ranch. She is the only girl on the farm and the only Child on the farm which is interfering with her childhood which is making her be acting not her age. She acts the way she does because she is skipping her childhood going right to adulthood which is why John Steinbeck is making her act like a tart. Of mice and me has Lennie be the more childish one.…
When Lennie is alone with the puppies in the barn, Curley’s wife stops by, claiming to be looking for Curley. She opens up to Lennie stating “I get lonely… I can’t talk to nobody… else [Curley] get mad” (87). Curley’s wife is always in their…
The tremendous outcast of the story "of mice and men". In the Steninbecks novel of mice and men there are many misfits. Some of these characters are out casted because of sexism,raceism,or inteligence. In the novel that Steinbeck wrote he named a ton of misfit or outcast. He named people like curly ,crook,curley’s wife,and lennie.…
Loneliness, friendship, and forgiveness are just a few of the key elements in the book Of Mice And Men. The book shows lots of emotion and sorrow. Candy,Crooks, and Curley's wife show the most emotion of loneliness and sorrow. Crooks once said “Guys dont come into a colored mans room very much. Nobody been here but slim.…
Her insecurities cause her to act out while living on the ranch because she wants attention from other men, which Curley does not give…
In this scene, we learn that Curley’s wife is not the person she displays. She is not promiscuous and she does not wish to sleep with other men, she simply wants some company and someone to talk to. When all the other men have gone out to the brothel, Curley’s wife finds Lennie, Candy and Crooks in Crooks’ room. Here, not only do we find out her true intentions, but we see her at her worst. When she enters the room, she observes that “they left all the weak ones here.”…
Loneliness “Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.” -Anne Hathaway. All my characters feel some type of loneliness. Like Crooks feels the loneliness of being alone.…
It seemed as though she is lonely due to her disappointing marriage with Curley. One of the reasons for her marriage’s failure to satisfy was simply that she did not like Curley and the type of man he was. While speaking with one of the guys on the ranch, she confessed ‘“I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella”’ (Steinbeck 88). She also expressed her frustration with him by announcing ‘“Sometimes I’d like to bust him up myself”’…
She is the only female on the ranch so she has nobody she can actually talk and relate to. It is very easy to imagine exactly how isolated she must feel. While having a conversation with Lennie, Curley’s wife says, “Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely… I get lonely… you can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley.…
“ I’m jus’ lookin’ for somebody to talk to, don’t you ever just want to talk to somebody well I got nobody to talk to”(Curley’s wife 325). Curley’s wife just wants a friend and to make a conversation with someone. Curley’s wife was trying to make a conversation with Lennie. But everyone she tries to talk to are afraid to even look at her because of her jealous husband, Curley. Since, she is the only woman on the ranch and has nobody to talk to not even her own husband.…
She is in the book to represent woman presence, however her presence is not a positive one. “I get lonely … 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 nobody” (page 87) In this quote Curley’s wife, is opening up for the first time to somebody in the story.…
How does Steinbeck develop the theme of loneliness in Of Mice and Men? In John Steinbeck’s prominent novel: Of Mice and Men, loneliness is an essential dynamic that features in the story. Loneliness is expressed very deeply throughout various characters such as: Curley’s wife, Candy, Crooks, Curley and Lennie. All of these characters have a variety of numerous discriminations.…
She is the only woman in the ranch and she is never payed attention to. Even when she was killed, Curley was more bothered about killing Lennie. She is seen as constantly ‘looking for trouble’. In fact the workers don’t like her that much that they don’t even know her own name (Although this might be Curley’s fault). “You can talk to people but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley”.…