Relationship Between Curley's Wife In Of Mice And Men

In the novel of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the character of Curley's wife to make all of the men's lives in the ranch hell. George and Lennie call here a "tart" or "jailbait". She likes wearing too much makeup and dressing like a whore. She uses red nail polish and red high heels. In the book she is not given a name and is identified as Curley's wife which makes her seem like a possession. "She smiled archly and twitched her body. 'Nobody can't blame a person for lookin,' she said" This showed that she liked flirting with the men that work in farm. This makes Lennie really fascinated in Curley's wife, but soon George realizes and warns him to stay away. "What's the matter with me? Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody?" In the story Curley's wife seemed really lonely as no one wants to talk to her and expects her to stay in the house all day. In the book Curley's wife seems to be the start of many conflicts in the book, like when Curly came into the bunkhouse following Slim saying sorry for suspecting him of being with his wife. Curly later on notices that Lennie is laughing and started picking a fight wit him. One reason why Curly might have suspected that his wife was cheating on him was because she hits on the man that work in the ranch. She
She also has no respect for the anyone as seen when she enters Crook's room has no respect for the Candy, Lennie, and Crooks especially Crooks for him being Black. Also when she gets lonely she turns cruel because she is jealous she feels sorry feels sorry for herself so she is mean to others because she is jealous of friendship that is starting and she wants people to notice how lonely and upset she is. This makes the reader have mixed emotions toward her because they feel sorry for her because she is lonely but then we turn against because she uses her power against someone who has a lower status that