How Does Steinbeck Treat Women In Of Mice And Men

To me The girls in “of mice and men” are not treated well or with much respect. i think the reason that the author did not show that many girls was because they were on a farm and girls did not typically stay at farms at that time they were in towns or in their houses. Also the only girl in the story that is an important role is curley's wife and she plays her part good because the it the wrong type of woman to be on a farm. some supporting details are how curley's wife was treated badly will be listed but she also puts it on herself because she is kind of a hoe. One supporting detail is shown when George is telling Lennie to stay away from her because he does not trust her or Lennie . George told Lennie to stay away because she is an attractive woman and the last experience with an attractive woman had them ending up running away from their town because lennie touched her because he thought she was attractive .also the only other girl was in the beginning and she was from a small town and is only talked about one time in the beginning so she does not have that much importance which also supports my claim (steinbeck 1-5) . this shows that there is not that many girls in the environment that they live in, just curley's wife who live on …show more content…
the reason I think this is because she was kind of a hoe because she would flirt with everybody because she did not like curly .but my point is still valid because the women in the story were both treated with disrespect even though it was lenny's fault. in conclusion the very small amount girls in this story were not treated with respect due to the environment they were in and the way that curlys wife acted. also the reason there were not that many girls was because, like i said there is not that many girls on a farm and that is where the story is set. But for the situation given curley's wife was living a hard roll because she is a city girl living on a