Curley's Wife Character Analysis

Have you ever read a book and watched the movies and had different representations of a character? This is a common feeling for readers. Usually after reading you make a mental image of a certain character, then sometimes the movies portrays them differently. The movie and book “of Mice and Men” are great examples of this. This story shows the lives of young men and a woman, working on a farm during the Great Depression. The story “of Mice and Men” describe Curley’s wife in different light, as the novel portrays her as a villain and not a very strong character, while the movie showed her as both a victim and villain. In the movie she seemed like a stronger character with a more important role.

Curley’s wife is a very misunderstood character in the movie and book. In the book, it was said, that she had “the eye” or was looking for attention from other men other than her husband. Candy, a
She walked into the barn where Lennie was sitting alone, and started to confide in him. She told Lennie about her opportunity to be an actress and a model. Curley’s wife told Lennie about when she met Curley and how she no longer loved him and that he wasn’t a very nice man. She confessed to Lennie about her hopes and dreams, and about her dissatisfaction with her life. This is a very interesting scene, because Curley’s wife appears vulnerable, and she tells Lennie everything, even some things she has never told anyone. Curley’s wife showed her humanity during this scene, and Lennie didn’t know how to respond to this vulnerable side of a girl. When he tried to respond, by feeling her hair, she asked him to stop, they both got scared then her accidentally killed her. She has small scenes that contain a lot of meaning. Her image as a character changed, first she was unwanted and always being sent away, then all the men on the farm joined together to try and capture her