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Curley's Wife In 'Of Mice And Men'
One of the loneliest characters in Of Mice and Man is Curley’s wife. The reasons its believe this is because every time she looks for someone to talk to she put down and told many things."I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."(Pg.80). She is also the only woman on the ranch and has nobody who will talk to her including her husband."What's the matter with me? Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody?"(Pg.81) Her sexuality isolates her from the other characters And is known as many things that she is not and we never truly got to meet the real her until the end Curley’s wife tries talking to Lennie "I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself." She said darkly, "Maybe I will yet." And then her words

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