Curleys Wife's Dream

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the main theme is that You should still strive for your dream even if it doesn’t turn out the way you want it because it will give you hope and motivation to achieve your goal. Steinbeck gets this theme through by creating the two most important characters in the book, Curley’s Wife and George.

George gets motivated by his dream because he really wants it and he doesn't wanna be like anyone else. When George was cooking beans over the fire pile and Lennie was sitting there watching, george said “Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God I'm mighty if I was alone I could live so easily. I could get a job an work with an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the
When Curley's wife stood at the doorway of where Candy, Lennie, and Crooks were she says “They left all the weak ones here” (Steinbeck 77). She called the other three out because they didn't go off to the warehouse with the rest of the men. The following piece of evidence was when Curley's Wife walked into Crooks room he addressed her about it and she said “Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy, it ain't even funny."Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego—nothing to arouse either like or dislike. He said, "Yes, ma'am," and his voice was toneless. (Steinbeck 81). Nevertheless Crooks is African American so he doesn't fit in and has no power, but Curley's wife is white so she can fit In, and she also has no power, but she has a little power over Crooks. Curley's wife had a dream of being a famous actress in Hollywood, but that dream was ruined now she is very bitter, has no power, and the wife of the boss's son. Curley's wife just wanted to feel like someone special and she felt that she could do that by being on the big screen. But things had eventually changed when she moved onto the ranch and married Curley. She gets no attention and doesn't really have anything to live for anymore. She’s Curley's possession. Steinbeck proves that Curley’s wife is weak by letting her try to build power over people who can’t really do anything and make them feel like they're useless. For example Crooks in chapter 4 she threatens to “get” him lynched not to lynch him. She has control over Crooks because he’s African American and he won’t be able to do anything about. During this time nobody liked African