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    John Steinbeck’s famous novella Of Mice and Men depicts the harsh and repressive treatment faced by women‚ people of color‚ farm workers and those with mental handicaps in the 1930s. Curley’s wife‚ the only prominent female character in the novel‚ is looked down upon by the farmworkers‚ who see her as trouble and a tart. The curls of her hair are described twice as being like “little sausages” subtly alluding to the fact the women of her time were viewed as pieces of meat. They were commodities‚

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    character as it shows that she did have a dream but it didn’t happen‚ her disappointment is shown when she complains how she could’ve had a better life. ’coulda been in movies‚ an had nice clothes like they wear...’ The dream tells us how Curleys wife would’ve liked to wear nice clothes‚ been in plays and spoke on the radio. Says that the man also said she was a natural. she could want to be an actress because she says about the attention that they get so she has that dream because shes always

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                                Period 5 Of Mice and Men                                    Mitchell     In the novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck Lennie and Curley’s wife are two characters who are oppressed by their loved ones and society due to the way of how they act.  Lennie’s social interactions with others‚ except with George‚ are very limited because he is mentally retarded making it hard for him to socialize. Just like Lennie‚ Curley’s wife has very little interaction with others

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    Curley’s wife How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife’s’ desires in the book ‘Of Mice and Men’? John Steinbeck’s novella‚ ‘Of Mice and Men’ depicts the struggle of two wayward men during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Although a variety of characters in the story are presented as the out casts of society‚ Curley’s wife is perhaps the character in which readers feel most sympathetic towards. Essentially‚ Curley’s wife represents the image of all women in the society in which Steinbeck

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    meet them and they turn out to be terrible. In the book Of Mice and MenCurley is approached as the worst person on the ranch by many people. People analyze him as a racist‚ mean‚ and sexist man. Notwithstanding‚ he has tried to pick fights with almost everyone on the ranch. He beat Lennie‚ a mentally disabled man‚ he publicly displays him and his wife’s sexual lives‚ and he treats his wife as if she is his slave. Moreover‚ the actions Curley has done are evil‚ but they are not solely because he’s

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    In ’Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck uses dialogue‚ action and description to introduce and describe the characters. Curley’s wife is first introduced‚ through description‚ as a girl not a woman: "A girl was standing there looking in." (page 53). This implys that Curley’s wife is looked down upon because she is female and young. Also‚ this shows the age difference between her and the men who work on the ranch because they are described as guys or men while Curley’s wife is described as a girl or young

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    mice When John Steinbeck wrote of mice and men‚ he showed there was a lot of inequality during the 1930’s. This essay shall attempt to portray the inequality of women in Steinbeck’s novel. George the main character of the story‚ first sets his eyes on Curley’s wife‚ his initial impression of her is that he has “never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” (Steinbeck 2006 p36). In the novel Curley’s wife is a beautiful woman who constantly shows her beauty to the men on the ranch. She dresses

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    novella Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck presents a female character who is isolated by her husband’s will. This results in her living a sad and lonely life. Curley’s wife is the only woman living on the farm where the story takes place. Her husband of only two weeks‚ who she later admits to not loving‚ is over – protective and does not allow her to talk to anyone or have any friends. Steinbeck shows the theme of isolation through the depressed and regretful character of Curley’s wife who dies at

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    Josie Lopez 1st Hour Of Mice and Men: Who Was the Loneliest? While reading Of Mice and Men‚ there were some characters that stood out and some that were sad to read about. Thoughts would come about that certain character or characters. One character that stood out was the only female in the whole story‚ the only person that would be wondering out and about‚ and the only person that people would assume stuff about. That character was Curley’s wife and boy was she the loneliest in the story

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    Curley’s wife She is never given a name She is Curley’s wife She is pretty She likes soft things like Lennie Felt rejected from Curley She died She hasn’t got many friends She is manipulative  She had her neck broken She is flirtatious Curly hair Men think she is permiscuous  She’s lonely  She wanted to be an actress She was trying to punish her mum as she thought her mum had hidden the letter saying she could be an actress Marries Curley out of spite Regrets marrying Curley Doesn’t

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