Curley S Wife Essay
DJ Owen
Mrs. Lopez
English 10H
11/3/14
Curley’s Wife Essay
John Steinbeck neglects to give Curley’s wife a name and conveys her as a “poison” in his novella
Of Mice and Men
(32). Does he do this to show she isn’t important? Or does he does this to illustrate her character to the audience? Actually, he does this to help show that she is a unimportant, flirty, attention seeking woman. Steinbeck succeeds in conveying her in that manner to the audience.
Based on analysis, Steinbeck conveys Curley’s wife the way that he does to show what he thinks about her. When Curley’s wife is talking to the guys, she is always grabbing her dress and pulling it up and teasing the guys. Slim makes the assumption that “...Ever’ time the guys is around she shows up. She lookin’ for Curley, or she thought she lef’ somethin’ layin’ around ansd she’s lookin’ for it. Seems like she can’t keep away from the guys” which Steinbeck writes in order to conclude that she is indeed seeking the attention of others. (51). Then warning Lennie George states “Don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be.” so Lennie doesn’t get caught by Curley with his wife and thus getting Lennie and George kicked off the farm (32). Lennie has had enough problems with women, for example the woman in Weed, and George makes sure it doesn’t happen again. Curley’s wife has already been caught with one guy and Curley send that man packing so Steinbeck infers she isn’t totally loyal to her husband. Steinbeck would like the reader to think the same way about Curley’s wife as him and that’s why he describes her and has the other characters say the things they do about Curley’s wife.
Steinbeck does indeed succeed at developing Curley’s wife as he wanted to to his audience. He wanted to convey her as an unloyal, flirtatious woman who is in need of
someone
Mrs. Lopez
English 10H
11/3/14
Curley’s Wife Essay
John Steinbeck neglects to give Curley’s wife a name and conveys her as a “poison” in his novella
Of Mice and Men
(32). Does he do this to show she isn’t important? Or does he does this to illustrate her character to the audience? Actually, he does this to help show that she is a unimportant, flirty, attention seeking woman. Steinbeck succeeds in conveying her in that manner to the audience.
Based on analysis, Steinbeck conveys Curley’s wife the way that he does to show what he thinks about her. When Curley’s wife is talking to the guys, she is always grabbing her dress and pulling it up and teasing the guys. Slim makes the assumption that “...Ever’ time the guys is around she shows up. She lookin’ for Curley, or she thought she lef’ somethin’ layin’ around ansd she’s lookin’ for it. Seems like she can’t keep away from the guys” which Steinbeck writes in order to conclude that she is indeed seeking the attention of others. (51). Then warning Lennie George states “Don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be.” so Lennie doesn’t get caught by Curley with his wife and thus getting Lennie and George kicked off the farm (32). Lennie has had enough problems with women, for example the woman in Weed, and George makes sure it doesn’t happen again. Curley’s wife has already been caught with one guy and Curley send that man packing so Steinbeck infers she isn’t totally loyal to her husband. Steinbeck would like the reader to think the same way about Curley’s wife as him and that’s why he describes her and has the other characters say the things they do about Curley’s wife.
Steinbeck does indeed succeed at developing Curley’s wife as he wanted to to his audience. He wanted to convey her as an unloyal, flirtatious woman who is in need of
someone