Curley became the sour antagonist because no one on the ranch loves or cares about him. Curley’s wife, though she has a solid reason, detests the person who is supposed to be her life partner. When Lennie crushed Curley’s hand after the altercation in the barn, she finds Lennie and congratulates him. She even states, “I like machines” because the story was that Curley got his hand caught in one (Steinbeck 80). Curley’s wife is also always “looking” for her husband. Throughout the book there is a sort of cat and mouse game that goes on between the married couple. Whenever Curley’s wife asks where her husband is Curley is always a few minutes behind or ahead of her.When she asked Slim and he tells her that he is in the house she, is “suddenly
