Of Mice And Men Curley's Wife Analysis

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Woman dressed all in black with a tremendous hat that shades her face. She takes on a walking path and goes at it alone. Surrounding her are the smiling faces of families, couples, and children all jovial and she can’t find her light. Her happiness has been drained from her like a sink. She walks over to a park bench and sits down just thinking about how she wishes she could turn back time, but she knows she can’t. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck, tackles this feeling of loneliness and sorrow. In the novel, he created many characters with this outline. The main character that this describes is Curley's wife because she is the only woman on the farm and she knows she can never achieve her dreams.
Curley’s wife is the

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