How Is Curley's Wife Isolated
In John SteinBeck’s “Of Mice and Men”, he uses the characters Crooks and Curley’s wife to show that loneliness and isolation can poor effects on people. In this book the effects that are shown by these characters are, pushing others away and desperately seek out any interaction. Crooks pushes others away while Curley’s wife will talk to anybody to not be lonely.
Crooks is being isolated from the rest of the rest of the workers because he is black. The isolation that Crooks has been subjected to has caused him to instinctively push others away. Crook shows this when he is speaking to Lennie and he tells him “ You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room . Nobody got any right in here but me” (16). Crooks was isolated because of his …show more content…
Although she was only looking for companionship. Curley’s wife isolated because Curley’s jealousy and she is the only women on the farm. During chapter four Curley’s wife expressed her loneliness when she spoke to Lennie, Candy, and Crook. She said “ Standing here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs-a [black man] an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep an’ likin’ it because they ain’t nobody else”(78). This quote clearly expresses that Curley’s wife is experiencing loneliness in this book. She has no one else to talk to, so she seeks out any kind of human interaction. Another example of Curley’s wife showing that is lonely would be when she talks to Lennie to while the rest of the guys are having a horseshoe tournament. She tells Lennie “ All the guys got a horseshoe tenement going on… why can’t I talk to you ? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely”(86). Curley’s wife decides to talk to Lennie in the barn because the rest of the worker are busy with their tournament. She doesn’t get to talk to many people because of her husband Curley. This means she tends to feel isolated and lonely. John Steinbeck uses theses characters and some other to show how loneliness make people act
Crooks is being isolated from the rest of the rest of the workers because he is black. The isolation that Crooks has been subjected to has caused him to instinctively push others away. Crook shows this when he is speaking to Lennie and he tells him “ You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room . Nobody got any right in here but me” (16). Crooks was isolated because of his …show more content…
Although she was only looking for companionship. Curley’s wife isolated because Curley’s jealousy and she is the only women on the farm. During chapter four Curley’s wife expressed her loneliness when she spoke to Lennie, Candy, and Crook. She said “ Standing here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs-a [black man] an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep an’ likin’ it because they ain’t nobody else”(78). This quote clearly expresses that Curley’s wife is experiencing loneliness in this book. She has no one else to talk to, so she seeks out any kind of human interaction. Another example of Curley’s wife showing that is lonely would be when she talks to Lennie to while the rest of the guys are having a horseshoe tournament. She tells Lennie “ All the guys got a horseshoe tenement going on… why can’t I talk to you ? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely”(86). Curley’s wife decides to talk to Lennie in the barn because the rest of the worker are busy with their tournament. She doesn’t get to talk to many people because of her husband Curley. This means she tends to feel isolated and lonely. John Steinbeck uses theses characters and some other to show how loneliness make people act