Curley is trouble because he is always trying to fight the bigger guys like they have something on him.That is why he tried to beat up Lennie but he got his knuckles crunched and had to go the hospital. “Then Curley’s rage exploded. “Come on, ya big bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella.”(31)Curley’s wife needs to be protect from all the other men because Curley is always assuming they are having some kind of affair with her under his nose but she is just flirting.“Well, stick around an’ keep your eyes open. You’ll see plenty. She ain’t concealin’ nothing. I never seen nobody like her. She got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody. I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye. I don’t know what the hell she wants.”The next person that needs protected from the sensitive people is also a sensitive person.Lennie needs to be protected from Curley’s wife and anyone else that could be trouble for him because when he gets in trouble so does George.”Well, look. Lennie—if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush.”…
Thus, he proves the verity of Jung's statement. Likewise, Curley engages in this power struggle/torture in his isolation as the son of the boss and husband of the temptress-wife. In his insecurity about being short and insecure about this wife, Curley is pugnacious, wishing to fight anyone in his jealous rages. He verbally assaults Lennie after he enters the bunkhouse looking for his wife because Lennie smiles as Carlson and Candy insult him. When Curley punches Lennie, Lennie simply grabs his hand and holds it so tightly that he damages…
Steinbeck also presents Curley as being an aggressive character. For example, Curley is quick to pick a fight with Lennie in Section Three of the novel. Steinbeck uses words like "slashed" to describe Curley's strength and aggressiveness. The reader feels anger towards Curley at this point as he attacks Lennie simply because he was being intimidated by the others. This shows the reader two things: that Curley is aggressive (because of the fight he picks with Lennie) and that Curley wants to be more respected (as Curley may have just been fighting Lennie to show the other ranchers that he's not a man who is easily intimidated and picked on).…
Having power means having the ability to influence people’s behavior. Whenever someone thinks of power, they most often think of leaders who are able to impact people and events by simply using words. This kind of power is not something everyone can obtain, and if in the wrong hands it could potentially be dangerous. Likewise, in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, power plays a major role in the fictional novel. Interestingly, most of the power in the story is in a magnificent, white conch shell and an atrocious severed sow’s head. Things as simple as inanimate objects are able to wield power over the boys by inducing fear, hope, and superiority.…
And now back to the question of how Steinbeck conveys Curley in the fight scene, Lennie is large and is unable to protect himself which makes him the potential candidate of Curley’s bullying, we know Curley has a bone to pick with big guys but the writer doesn’t give us much background information on Curley.…
Power isn’t just strength. Power could be a couple other ways too. A book that is science-fiction called “of mice of men” by john Steinbeck. The book is about two men who work on a California farm. In the time they were in the great depression. It was very hard to have power during that time. The book kinds of are power that Steinbeck was trying to show in the book was mental, racism, and strengths.…
George became frustrated because the of the type of guy Curley was. For the most part, George wanted to do is make his money and work without getting fired. It was already hard enough to keep a job, having Lennie around. Lennie or George didn't want any trouble. But, between Curley and Lennie, Curley hates big guys. So, therefore, there was bound to be trouble. (Steinbeck 26). Following that, Curley was aggressive because he kept slugging and socking Lennie in the face.Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him, but really he was still smiling with pleasure at the thought of the ranch. (Steinbeck 62). Consequently, Curley slashed at Lennie with his left, and than smashed down his nose with a right. Hence Curley being aggressive, Lennie’s aggressiveness kicked in. No matter how much Lennie didn't want to hurt Curley. Lennie wasn't going to just sit there and get beat because eventually it's going to hurt. Finally, Lennie had grabbed Curley's fist, crushed his fist with his gigantic hands. The Anger resulted into frustration and aggressiveness. (Steinbeck…
Curley has the tendency to pick fights especially with people who are much more powerful then he is. He tries to oppress them by his masculinity. Curley is married to a very attractive woman, she is his possession rather then his partner. Steinbeck also adds to his demeaning attitude by not giving her a proper name. Curley has power over her and oppresses her by not letting her socialise with the others on the ranch. Although it seems he does love her “well i’ll tell ya what - Curley says he's keeping that hand soft for his wife” this shows he does make sacrifices but he quickly forgets his love when he attendees the local “whore house” every weekend. Although he oppresses her it does give her power or seeks satisfaction through other…
“We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way” (Les Brown). It is important to realize that an individual’s power can change due to the experiences he or she faces. In the novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck helps the reader to understand that there are different levels of power in society and how those levels can change in different situations. Steinbeck expresses the characters as symbols of power, or lack thereof, to illustrate that it is difficult to make vertical movements within the levels of power in society.…
The conflict between Lennie and Curley was distinct and noticeable throughout the whole story. It started from when they first met each other. This conflict is based on jealousy. Curley is jealous of Lennie’s size. Slim says “he’s all the time picking scraps with big guys, kinda like he’s mad at ‘em coz he aint a big guy”. The word “mad” shows how irrationally Curley is and how angry he is, because he’s not a big guy and Lennie is. His jealousy of Lennie’s size represents that at that time in America, physical strength was valuable, so Curley had to prove he was strong, but lennie seemed as if he would be more powerful than he was.…
Curley’s wife was lonely, which is why she tried so desperately to talk to the other men working at the ranch. Although she was married to Curley, she later explains in the story she had only done that to get away from her mother. She hadn’t truly loved him. He must have known that in a way, because he tried so hard to keep her away from the other men.…
Power can be defined as the ability to control one’s life or the lives of others. This may be through a person’s race, gender, or class. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee writes about a case in which an extremely poor, young white woman, Mayella, accuses an innocent, African American man, Tom Robinson, of rape. Mayella displays power over Tom Robinson through her race and gender even though she lacks class power over him.…
In the book, Of Mice and Men, Curley is the antagonist who creates problems for George and Lennie. He is a pugnacious man who is small in stature. Curley has a Napoleonic complex and tries to compensate for his small size by fighting with people who are larger than him. This makes him feel bigger. The reason he is able to intimidate everyone by fighting, is that he has power over everyone. Being the boss’ son he has no fear of punishment and is able to do anything with impunity. He uses his freedom as an advantage, while he can fight someone and not get into any trouble the other person will and will not fight back. Lastly, he has an excuse to fight; Curley is small and if he thinks someone bigger than him is intimidating he can fight them.…
Although Curley is the boss’s son he still seems very over powered by people, not just physical when he is fighting Lennie but after the fight he is over powered by Slim when ‘I think you got your han’ caught in a machine. If you don’t tell nobody what happened, we ain’t going to.’ This represents how weak Curley is mentally as he can be persuade by workers on the ranch to not tell about Lennie crushing his hand. Lennie is a popular character despite the fact he is very child-like, as Slim is kind enough to get Lennie out trouble even when they don’t know each other that well. Unlike Curley who is hated by most characters on the ranch which is why he persuaded by Slim not to tell on Lennie, Curley is almost being bullied by the ranch workers. From this the audience can see his true weakness as he actually listens to the others and doesn’t use his power of status to become a stronger and more powerful man.…
SOCTEC 2 Science, Technology and Society 2 Master Lecture: Dr. Robert Javier, Department of Psychology, W602 D LSU-‐M Key Concept Points for Understanding: Topic 3: Science, Technology and the Human Person and Communities: Impacts of Science and Technology to the Human Personhood, Social Institutions and Practices and Power relations Power and power relations in society o Power could be defined as the capacity to do something. A person has power when s/he can achieve something, and that something could either be bad or good, right or wrong.…