How Does Steinbeck Use Feminism In Of Mice And Men

After reading the interesting and creative book, Mice and Men. I could really see the big picture that Steinbeck was trying to show us and to prove his point of a deeper meaning. One of the deeper meanings that he was trying to show us, that stood out to me the most was the feminist approach. In his story Mice and Men, Steinbeck adds elements of feminism to a story of two young men with a dream to own a farmhouse. Although, it was only one of many deeper meanings, Steinbeck showed feminism in is story in many ways. In the story Mice and Men, the author hides feminism into his story. One way he does this is by not giving Curley's wife a name. She is referred to as just Curley's wife, as she is not called by her real name at any point in time in the book. Another way Steinbeck uses feminism is by the wife of Curley not being aloud to speak to any other men. This just explains that Curley possessive and jealous of his wife. Curley was always on the lookout to see which worker was talking to his wife. Many of the reason why Curley's wife was trying to talk to other guys on the farm was because, Curley never paid attention to her feelings or thoughts. It was just Curley being jealous and …show more content…
In the book Curley's wife is the main women in the whorehouse. She is portrayed as a object, almost not worthy, her only purpose just for the use of pleasure for men. Steinbeck puts the in the story to show that women don't have enough power in society to stand up for themselves and do their own behavior. The women on the ranch want to have activities and have fun but the only way to do so is running a whorehouse because that's what all the men want. "And he likes whorehouses, because you know there's not going to be any bait-and-switch."- George says this in chapter 3 because there is no trouble in a whore house and that's where men and women can have fun without any