John Steinbeck was born in 1920s in Salinas California; a region that became the setting for much of his fictions, including in ‘Of Mice and Men’. During the late 1930s, California was struggling with economic problems of the great depression. He witnessed the strife of the labour conflicts in the docks and packing shed and field. Steinbeck explored these issues and wrote movingly about the loneliness of migrant farm workers in ‘Of Mice and Men’. In this essay, I would be discussing how Steinbeck creates sympathy for Curley’s wife in this novella.
One of the ways in which Steinbeck creates sympathy is through other characters. This revealed in the dialogue between candy and George: ‘well I think Curley’s married a tart’. In this statement, …show more content…
This occurs when George reprimands Lennie: “don’t you even take a look at that bitch…I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. Than leave her be”. In this passage George wants Lennie to keep away from Curley’s wife; but in order to control Lennie, he demeans her. The word ‘bitch’ shows that George, like candy, detests women, and finds them worthless. Also, his comments implies that he has same deep rooted hatred for women, practically in the phrased; “I’ve seen them poisoned before” This suggests the that women might have been in his life either his wife, mother sister- or even any form of association caused him extreme displeasure. This caused him deep rooted …show more content…
She is presented as flirtatious and provocative who dresses to draw attention. She does not only dress in a revealing way, she appears to use her sexuality as an advantage as well: “leaning against the door frame so that her body was thrown forwards”. The strong language used by Steinbeck demonstrates on one hand that ‘Curley’s wife’ is as worse can be for a women of that period of time; and she is going against all the values of the; patriarchal society that previewed women to be coy and womanly. Whilst on the other hand d, Steinbeck’s choice of word: ‘body thrown forward’. Suggest that he is being deliberately crude to ‘shock’ the readers as well as society-that women are always the cause of trouble. This view relates to Steinbeck letter to ‘Mrs Luce’, who played the character ‘curley’s wife’, in which he describes his portrayal of Curley’s wife as being ‘kind girl and not a
One of the ways in which Steinbeck creates sympathy is through other characters. This revealed in the dialogue between candy and George: ‘well I think Curley’s married a tart’. In this statement, …show more content…
This occurs when George reprimands Lennie: “don’t you even take a look at that bitch…I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. Than leave her be”. In this passage George wants Lennie to keep away from Curley’s wife; but in order to control Lennie, he demeans her. The word ‘bitch’ shows that George, like candy, detests women, and finds them worthless. Also, his comments implies that he has same deep rooted hatred for women, practically in the phrased; “I’ve seen them poisoned before” This suggests the that women might have been in his life either his wife, mother sister- or even any form of association caused him extreme displeasure. This caused him deep rooted …show more content…
She is presented as flirtatious and provocative who dresses to draw attention. She does not only dress in a revealing way, she appears to use her sexuality as an advantage as well: “leaning against the door frame so that her body was thrown forwards”. The strong language used by Steinbeck demonstrates on one hand that ‘Curley’s wife’ is as worse can be for a women of that period of time; and she is going against all the values of the; patriarchal society that previewed women to be coy and womanly. Whilst on the other hand d, Steinbeck’s choice of word: ‘body thrown forward’. Suggest that he is being deliberately crude to ‘shock’ the readers as well as society-that women are always the cause of trouble. This view relates to Steinbeck letter to ‘Mrs Luce’, who played the character ‘curley’s wife’, in which he describes his portrayal of Curley’s wife as being ‘kind girl and not a