1937 novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck there is a very powerful aspect of male dominance in the text. From a feminist’s point of view this story degrades women‚ and categorizes them as sexual objects. One example of this was the representation of Curley’s wife as a character. She was not a main character but she was visually described extensively. She is portrayed as a tramp‚ and it seems as though this was a deliberate point made by Steinbeck. The first time Curley’s wife is seen she is
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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! When Curley’s wife
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Of Mice and Men is an example of why we need to be our brother’s keeper. Some characters in the book needed someone to take care of them. Lennie was one of the main characters and he had Down Syndrome and needs George to speak for him and get him out of trouble and follow him everywhere he goes. “You never had none‚ you crazy bastard. I got both of ’em here.”( 40)Think I’d let you carry your own work card?”(39) Curley’s wife needs someone to take care of her also. She is flirtatious and always
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In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ the two main characters‚ George and Lennie‚ frequently run into Curley‚ a contentious and hostile man. Curley is one of the main sources of conflict in the book‚ as we see when George warns Lennie: “…You gonna have trouble with that Curley guy… He’s gonna take a sock at you the first chance he gets” (Steinbeck‚ 29). Curley is representative of aggression and oppression‚ which Steinbeck shows us in both Curley’s actions and words. Curley tries to pick fights and
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Of Mice and Men. Monologue. Curley’s wife. Who do they think they are? Pack of bindle bums! Think they are all so damn good. They don’t know me. They don’t know who i am‚ what i’m about. Who do they think they are treatin me like a kid? Bunch of bindle stiffs! They ain’t no better‚ they ain’t gonna amount to nothin’. Yeah‚ they gotta stupid plan‚ but they ain’t gonna make it. Ha! A stupid dum dum‚ can’t string two words together and make it make sense‚ he’s so stupid! Lousy ol’ sheep. Why
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In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ there are two characters that rarely get to speak to the others on the farm they live on. Crooks‚ a disabled black stable buck‚ and Curley’s wife‚ the wife of the farm owner’s son. Both characters seem equally lonely on the farm‚ but when you look deeper you can see that Curley’s wife is more lonesome than Crooks. Curley’s wife is always looking for Curley‚ as he is the only person she is supposed to talk to. She repeatedly asks the men‚ “Any of you boys seen
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Isolation of the characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’ Curley’s wife is the only female on the ranch and is described in a very feminine and incongruous manner‚ “full‚ rouged lips and wide spaced eyes‚ heavily made-up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules‚ on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers”. The bold‚ heavily made-up appearance matches her personality as she disguises her true
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck demonstrates the character of Curley’s wife as she copes with loneliness by attracting the attention of the men in the farm. All throughout the novella‚ she makes three appearances‚ the bunkhouse and Crook’s room where she slowly reveals her identity to the readers‚ which leads the barn where she reveals the most about herself. Looks can be misleading and despite the fact that she shows herself one way does not imply that it is her true self. Curley’s wife makes
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Similarities of Crooks and Curley’s Wife There are many similarities of Crooks and Curley’s Wife. In John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men‚ both Crooks and Curley’s Wife are struggling with feelings of loneliness. Both characters are forced into this social isolation because of racial and gender differences as well as by the environment in which they live. Crooks’ race and Curley’s Wife’s gender synonymously contributed to their loneliness and isolation. Crooks was a black man and there Of Mice And Men In the
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Dream’. Central to Steinbeck’s novel is Curley’s Wife and her importance in the novel is of how she revolves around the novels main themes and events. Curley’s Wife is excluded for being female‚ she is often found in search for companionship on the ranch as her newly found marriage does not give her the affection she desires‚ as she states to Lennie “I don’t like Curley he aint a nice fella.” Because of this she often tries to interact with the other men although she is never allowed as they think
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