Curley's Wife Discrimination

Curley's Wife is character that is portrayed by discrimination. In the novel, of Mice and Men, she is the only character that is a woman and does not have a name. This tells us that during this time, women were thought less of and considered less important because back in the 1930s, women were discriminated from jobs and had to stay at home and take care of the house on the ranch. On the ranch, she is also the only women and she does not have anyone willing to talk to her either. There is not much a woman can do on the ranch which leads to Curley's wife trying to interact with the other men on the ranch but she is in denial. The men know that if they get involved with the Curley's wife, Curley could possibly fire them and make them lose their