Of Mice And Men Relationship Between Curley And His Wife

In the book Of Mice and Men, the relationship between Lennie and George and Curley and his wife is somewhat different and similar to each other. Between the love and trust, one couple has enough, while the other, no so much. While their upfront relationships stray away from one another, their disastrous ends all tie together in one way or another. Both of their partners are killed because the “stronger” partners were not paying enough attention to the fragile ones. Curley and his wife are obviously married, but they don’t seem to obtain enough affection or trust each other enough to keep their relationship functioning. Therefore, they are not as close as a husband and wife should be. One is always looking for the other and rarely do they ever …show more content…
Curley was not her first choice, her lifetime dream was to be in the “pitchers”. Before Curley, she met someone and went to the Riverside Dance Palace with him, he said he could make her famous: “Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes---all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of me. When they had them previews I coulda went to them, an’ spoke in the radio, an’ it wouldn’ta cost me a cent because I was in the pitcher. An’ all them nice clothes like they wear. Because this guy says I was a natural” (89). Sadly, her mother wouldn’t let her go, he said he would send her a letter, but she never received the letter. So she married another guy she met the same night, …show more content…
This was the time where Lennie was all alone in the barn, he was upset because his pup died and he though George wasn’t going to let him tend the rabbits anymore. Curley’s wife walked in and tried to make conversation with Lennie, but he remembered he wasn’t supposed to talk to her because George knew she was only going to cause trouble. They shared a similar liking to the feel of velvet, both loved its texture. Curley wife decided to let Lennie feel her hair, but she didn’t want him to mess it up. “Don’ muss it up,” said Curley’s wife, he didn’t listen. His grip grew stronger when she screamed, holding on for dear life until there was no more. She was powerless against Lennie, incapable of fighting back, she didn’t have a chance. At that moment the relationship between Curley and his wife because fatal. Lennie ran but everyone knew this was his doing, George knew Curley was going to avenge his wife’s death, so he didn’t have a choice. George beat everyone to the brush where he told Lennie to wait for him if he was to stir up trouble. He talked to Lennie about their dream farm, the rabbits, and the alfalfa. He waited for Lennie to reach jubilant moment, then pulled the trigger. Just as Curley and his wife, their relationship ended fatally. Even though there were distinctive outcomes, both ended because of the desperation and isolation of the frail