Curley In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
Curley In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, the author explores the character Curley. Curley is the boss’s son and he is not really liked by everyone else on the ranch. The author tells how Curley acts towards his wife, the other men working on the ranch, and most importantly Lennie and George. He also gives the idea that Curley is sometimes lonely during the story. Throughout the story, Curley shows us that he is skillful, daring, yet he was also known as a being a bully towards other people. Early in the book Candy and a few of the other men express how they think Curley is skillful or “handy”. When Lennie doesn’t speak to Curley, he gets mad at him and leaves. After he leaves, Candy tells Lennie and George “Curley’s pretty
handy. He’s done quite a bit in the ring. He’s a lightweight” (26). Later on in the book, after Curley leaves the bunkhouse looking for his wife and Slim, Whit tells the men that Curley “Got in the finals for the Golden Gloves. He got newspaper clippings about it.” (54). Throughout the novel Curley can also be described as daring. When Slim got mad at Curley for asking about his wife, Whit said “You tried to throw a scare into Slim” (62). This was daring because everyone knew that if Curley tried to fight Slim that Curley would get beat up. Another time that Curley could be described as daring is when Curley was beating up Lennie and “He slashed at Lennie with his left, then smashed down on his nose with a right” (63). Beating up Lennie was a daring thing for Curley to do because Lennie was so much bigger than him and eventually his hand was crushed by Lennie. Other than being skillful and daring, Curley was also known for being a bully. Candy tells George and Lennie that Curley “He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kinda like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy.” (26). After Candy told George and Lennie about Curley he tells them “Don’t tell Curley I said this. He’d slough me.” (27). Later on in the story when Curley comes in the bunkhouse arguing with Slim he reprimanded Carlson. “Curley whirled around on Carlson. You keep outta this les’ you wanta step outside.” (62). When Candy tells George and Lennie about George being a bully and wanting to fight the big guys, he tells them “Seems like Curley ain’t giving nobody a chance.” (27). In John Steinbeck’s book “Of Mice and Men”, by exploring the character Curley he found out many things. He found out that he was not particularly like by the ranch workers because he was the boss’s son and would not be canned. Another thing we learned about Curley was that he was not very nice to everyone on the ranch. Steinbeck showed how Curley acted towards many people, including his wife, George and Lennie, and the other men working on the ranch. In conclusion, Curley was skillful, daring, but also known for being a bully towards other people.
handy. He’s done quite a bit in the ring. He’s a lightweight” (26). Later on in the book, after Curley leaves the bunkhouse looking for his wife and Slim, Whit tells the men that Curley “Got in the finals for the Golden Gloves. He got newspaper clippings about it.” (54). Throughout the novel Curley can also be described as daring. When Slim got mad at Curley for asking about his wife, Whit said “You tried to throw a scare into Slim” (62). This was daring because everyone knew that if Curley tried to fight Slim that Curley would get beat up. Another time that Curley could be described as daring is when Curley was beating up Lennie and “He slashed at Lennie with his left, then smashed down on his nose with a right” (63). Beating up Lennie was a daring thing for Curley to do because Lennie was so much bigger than him and eventually his hand was crushed by Lennie. Other than being skillful and daring, Curley was also known for being a bully. Candy tells George and Lennie that Curley “He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kinda like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy.” (26). After Candy told George and Lennie about Curley he tells them “Don’t tell Curley I said this. He’d slough me.” (27). Later on in the story when Curley comes in the bunkhouse arguing with Slim he reprimanded Carlson. “Curley whirled around on Carlson. You keep outta this les’ you wanta step outside.” (62). When Candy tells George and Lennie about George being a bully and wanting to fight the big guys, he tells them “Seems like Curley ain’t giving nobody a chance.” (27). In John Steinbeck’s book “Of Mice and Men”, by exploring the character Curley he found out many things. He found out that he was not particularly like by the ranch workers because he was the boss’s son and would not be canned. Another thing we learned about Curley was that he was not very nice to everyone on the ranch. Steinbeck showed how Curley acted towards many people, including his wife, George and Lennie, and the other men working on the ranch. In conclusion, Curley was skillful, daring, but also known for being a bully towards other people.