Of Mice And Men Curley's Wife Loneliness Analysis
Imagine a ranch set to represent the whole country, one that has samples of every personality you will face within your life. These personalities all represent a theme in life. This is the situation in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. In this novella, the main characters are Lennie and George. They are works that travel frequently to new farms because of Lennie’s inability to tell right from wrong and constant trouble causing. At their latest stop they meet all sorts of people including Curley’s wife and Crooks. Loneliness is present in the whole story, but shown mostly through Curley’s wife. She is lonely in her mind, but not in presence. Curley’s wife represents loneliness, and how people act out in behaviors, such being flirty or destructive,
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Curley’s wife explains her life before marrying Curley. “Well I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself…So I married Curley.”(88). She finally explains her unhappy marriage, and the reason she ended there. In her home, she felt trapped, like she was not going to be a somebody, so she wanted to escaped and found that Curley was the only way. Her loneliness had started at home, and she wanted to be known by many people by being in the spotlight, but she got Curley instead. She also tells Lennie her true feelings about Curley. “I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.”(89). Curley’s wife is stuck in an unhappy marriage and in a day in age that makes her obey her husband, so she is stuck in an isolation of loneliness, just because she wanted people to like her. John Steinbeck Shows loneliness through his character Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men. He shows that no matter how many people you are around you can still be trapped in loneliness. Curley’s wife is on a ranch full of men, but her husband keeps her from talking to them, and is never home. She is starving for attention from anyone, so she acts in off behaviors. Steinbeck is trying to show that everyone gets lonely, even to most unlikely of people because of barriers set by themselves or others in their
Curley’s wife explains her life before marrying Curley. “Well I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself…So I married Curley.”(88). She finally explains her unhappy marriage, and the reason she ended there. In her home, she felt trapped, like she was not going to be a somebody, so she wanted to escaped and found that Curley was the only way. Her loneliness had started at home, and she wanted to be known by many people by being in the spotlight, but she got Curley instead. She also tells Lennie her true feelings about Curley. “I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.”(89). Curley’s wife is stuck in an unhappy marriage and in a day in age that makes her obey her husband, so she is stuck in an isolation of loneliness, just because she wanted people to like her. John Steinbeck Shows loneliness through his character Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men. He shows that no matter how many people you are around you can still be trapped in loneliness. Curley’s wife is on a ranch full of men, but her husband keeps her from talking to them, and is never home. She is starving for attention from anyone, so she acts in off behaviors. Steinbeck is trying to show that everyone gets lonely, even to most unlikely of people because of barriers set by themselves or others in their