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To What Extent Does Steinbeck Present Curley's Wife
How does Steinbeck present Curley’s Wife?
The book was written in the 1900’s which was an area where women and black people were marginalized by society due to their sex or skin colour.
In the book, the first time we are introduced to Curley’s Wife is through another character: Candy. This suggests that she must be quite an important character as she is being rumoured about. He says “Wait’ll you see Curley’s Wife”, this quotation intrigues the reader and makes them wonder about Curley’s Wife. Then Candy goes on to say “she’s got the eye” which subtly suggests to the reader that even though she has just been married she is not happy with her relationship and doesn’t really like Curley otherwise she wouldn’t be giving anybody “the eye”. Also, Steinbeck’s use of ellipsis “yeah,purty...but” and “Well,I think Curley’s married …show more content…
Also, Curley’s Wife “body was thrown forward” and this implies that she has the ache for attention and will do anything to get it.
Additionally, Curley’s Wife behaves in a very flirtatious manner towards the men and is quite friendly with them. This suggests that her relationship with Curley isn’t going too well as she has only been married a couple of weeks and seeks the attention of other men because Curley doesn’t spend enough time with her.
Also, I think that the men on the ranch do not develop relationships or maintain conversation with her because first, they do not want to be accused of anything as they could get kicked out of the ranch immediately because Curley’s dad is the boss and second, they probably think that she isn’t trustworthy at all because she can’t even be loyal to her own husband. Just like in one of the scenes Slim and Curley’s Wife were in the barn together and Curley assumed they were up to no good so that proves he doesn’t trust her
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