In the barn, when she is talking with Lennie, she really expresses who she is and feels comfortable displaying her authentic self to Lennie. At this point in the book, Curley’s wife really just let’s go of this act that she has been portraying throughout the story and because she confesses to him, she moved closer to Lennie and sat beside him. She says to Lennie, “Well, I ain’t told this to nobody before. Maybe I ought’n to. I don’t like Curley He ain’t a nice fella” (Steinbeck 89). Curley’s wife feels as if she needs to live up to the men’s expectations in order to not feel lonely. She feels as if men idolize women for their bodies rather than their true self so she expresses herself as an object thinking that it will get the men’s attention and they will help her to no longer feel
In the barn, when she is talking with Lennie, she really expresses who she is and feels comfortable displaying her authentic self to Lennie. At this point in the book, Curley’s wife really just let’s go of this act that she has been portraying throughout the story and because she confesses to him, she moved closer to Lennie and sat beside him. She says to Lennie, “Well, I ain’t told this to nobody before. Maybe I ought’n to. I don’t like Curley He ain’t a nice fella” (Steinbeck 89). Curley’s wife feels as if she needs to live up to the men’s expectations in order to not feel lonely. She feels as if men idolize women for their bodies rather than their true self so she expresses herself as an object thinking that it will get the men’s attention and they will help her to no longer feel