Curley
John Steinbeck portrays Curley‟s wife as being a floozy but also a nice girl. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men, but when she dies, we see her as an innocent young girl. I am writing this essay to discuss my views and whether I agree with John Steinbeck when he says she is a nice girl.
Curley‟s wife gives off the impression she is a floozy throughout the novel. When we first see her, her body language is deliberately provocative when she leans against a pole in the barn. „So her body was thrown forward.‟ Knowing her beautiful womanly figure, and being the only woman on the farm, this suggestive posture reveals her need to be noticed and admired by the men. She talks very confidently and flirtatiously to George and Lennie even though they have just arrived and she doesn‟t know them. She pretends to be looking for her husband and when told that he is not there Steinbeck writes: „“If he ain‟t, I guess I better look some place else" she said playfully.‟ This suggests her boredom in marriage and that she just wants company and fun. She talks „playfully‟ as a young teenager would and obviously cares more about throwing herself towards people and enjoying male company than she does spending time with her husband.
Candy‟s opinion of her is very prejudiced as he says to George and Lennie, „I think
Curley‟s married... a tart.‟ This is prejudiced as just because he has got that impression of her, he may be very wrong and other people should be left to judge for themselves, although Candy warns them away from her right from the beginning.
Later in the book, she has a disrespectful attitude towards Crooks, George and
Lennie. `You bindle bums think you‟re so damn good', „talking to a bunch of bindle stiffs, a nigger an' a dum-dum and a lousy ol' sheep' shows even though she is younger, she has no respect and thinks herself a lot better than them. She likes to create attention
Curley‟s wife gives off the impression she is a floozy throughout the novel. When we first see her, her body language is deliberately provocative when she leans against a pole in the barn. „So her body was thrown forward.‟ Knowing her beautiful womanly figure, and being the only woman on the farm, this suggestive posture reveals her need to be noticed and admired by the men. She talks very confidently and flirtatiously to George and Lennie even though they have just arrived and she doesn‟t know them. She pretends to be looking for her husband and when told that he is not there Steinbeck writes: „“If he ain‟t, I guess I better look some place else" she said playfully.‟ This suggests her boredom in marriage and that she just wants company and fun. She talks „playfully‟ as a young teenager would and obviously cares more about throwing herself towards people and enjoying male company than she does spending time with her husband.
Candy‟s opinion of her is very prejudiced as he says to George and Lennie, „I think
Curley‟s married... a tart.‟ This is prejudiced as just because he has got that impression of her, he may be very wrong and other people should be left to judge for themselves, although Candy warns them away from her right from the beginning.
Later in the book, she has a disrespectful attitude towards Crooks, George and
Lennie. `You bindle bums think you‟re so damn good', „talking to a bunch of bindle stiffs, a nigger an' a dum-dum and a lousy ol' sheep' shows even though she is younger, she has no respect and thinks herself a lot better than them. She likes to create attention