Steinbeck Presents Curley's Wife

Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife as the only women in the ranch and because she doesn’t have a name it shows that she is not important and she is someone’s belonging. The first time you hear about Curley’s wife is when candy describes her to George. Candy uses expression such as “she got the eye” and goes on to describe her as looking at other man because of this they call her a “tart”. Through Candy’s words, we could develop an initial perception of Curley’s wife as Flirty and even promiscuous. This manipulates us by leading us into having a negative view of her.
Her first appearance in the Novel focuses on her appearance. The way she acts, the way she looks and the way she speaks with others. The first sentence about her was “the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway cut off” this shows how she stands there to get attention and get noticed by the ranchers. This make us think as a reader in other way she stood in that certain place because she knows that they will look at her. Her physical appearance of “full”, “rough lips” and “wide-spaced eyes”,” Heavily made up” and “her fingernails were red” this shows how see got the natural shape on an actor. The “heavily made up” this shows that she want to make her self look attractive so the ranchers will look at her and feel love in her. The colour “red” shows that its a symbol of danger and on the other side the thick bright colours stands out from other things so this can make her self get noticed by others that is all she wanted. George seems to believe Candy he says to Lennie “don’t you even take a look at that bitch” this shows the feelings that George got towards Curley’s wife. She is lonely “stands there looking in” which shows she nothing to do and because of her loneliness she wanted to be loved by others so she acts like she is flirting. They say she is a “flirty” but it is the only way she knows how to get attention.
Our negative feelings towards Curley’s wife begin to change when she enters Crooks; a Nigro