Bias can have many negative effects on those lower on the social ladder such as being unwanted and treated like they do not belong. While Curley's Wife and Lennie were talking, she explains to Lennie that “[she] never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely”(86). Curley’s Wife feels as if nobody wants her around and that she doesn’t belong. Today, a person such as Curley’s Wife might still be treated the same way because she might be seen as a “gold digger” or someone who likes to get others into trouble. Curley’s Wife also points out to Lennie that nobody “cares how I gotta live. I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself”(88). People don’t think about how they are impacting Curley’s Wife's life because
