crushed‚ but also married a man named Curley‚ who is rude and never acknowledges her. She is unable to talk to anyone else because she is the only woman on the farm and her name is never once mentioned in the entire novel. (need to add more) Although Curley’s wife was married to Curley‚ she was extremely lonely. Curley isolates her from all interactions with other people on the farm. She was supposed to have a friend for life in Curley‚ but she believes that Curley was mean to her and she would continually
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characters. He uses the idea of power to show difference in all the characters and how their differences change each individual life in the ranch. Steinbeck portrays many strengths and weakness in a wide spectrum. In the pecking order of the ranch‚ Curley has most power‚ and is a bully. His wife has no identity‚ and is terribly lonely‚ but she too hurts others using manipulation. Cruelty and abuse of power characterises most of the novel‚ with the most noticeable exception of George and Lennie. Lennie
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Always hangs around the bunk house‚ in a façade of looking for Curley – although she is really looking for Curley. Wears attractive clothes to gain attention. Newly married to Curley for two weeks. Curley does not seem to be interested in her. Naïve. Does not like Curley – only married him when the letter didn’t come. May be afraid of Curley as when she asks Slim if he has seen Curley‚ he replies and says that Curley is looking for her. ’She was suddenly apprehensive.’ This could mean
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presumably prefer Lennie to Curley and don’t want Lennie to get hurt and in my opinion this is how I personally feel. Another example of the fear built up by the author is when the book says ‘George put out his hand and grabbed Slim’. The reader is immediately startled that George prevents Slim from helping Lennie‚ this shock soon turns into fear for Lennie and so he does not act until George tells him what to do. Steinbeck uses similes to show that Curley was aggressive‚ by comparing
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written through the character Curley ’s wife. They were lonely‚ misunderstood and mistreated. Title Brainstorm Woman ’s problem Woman ’s woes Outline for 5P Essay Introduction Hook (Quote‚ Universal Statement‚ Question‚ etc.) to get your reader interested in the general
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injustice. Curley is a great example of injustice; he is rude and mean towards Lennie just because Lennie is a broad man. Curley doesn’t like men that are larger than him‚ so he singles out Lennie and attacks him. ‘No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella.’ Curley also shows great injustice towards his wife; he’s always out looking for her like she has no right to go anywhere by herself - ‘You seen a girl around here?’ Also we find out that Curley beats his wife which
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of them so he doesn ’t look involved. There dream is destroyed and candy blames Curley ’s wife‚ when he tells the rest of them Curley shows no sign of remorse all he can do is think about getting Lennie back. As they all take off to find Lennie‚ George manages to find him first by the lake; even now he is still afraid he won ’t be able to tend the rabbits. George knows that there is no way out for them‚ knowing Curley he would just want to kill him he wouldn ’t put him in jail‚ and if he let him
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life before marrying Curley. “Well I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself…So I married Curley.”(88). She finally explains her unhappy marriage‚ and the reason she ended there. In her home‚ she felt trapped‚ like she was not going to be a somebody‚ so she wanted to escaped and found that Curley was the only way. Her loneliness had started at home‚ and she wanted to be known by many people by being in the spotlight‚ but she got Curley instead. She also tells
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The Ride The Ride is the story of the heinous and gruesome murder of ten year old‚ Jeffrey Curley‚ a case that is familiar to many in the Massachusetts area. The book works its way from the grisly crime to the years afterward. It focuses on the family of Jeffrey‚ heavily weighted on the life of Cambridge Firefighter Bob Curley‚ Jeffrey’s father. Charles Jaynes and Salvatore Sicari‚ both from Jeffrey’s neighborhood were convicted of the murder. Within this essay I will demonstrate from The Ride
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George‚ are very limited because he is mentally retarded making it hard for him to socialize. Just like Lennie‚ Curley’s wife has very little interaction with others‚ because she is know to be flirtatious‚ making others on the ranch uncomfortable and Curley angry. Lennie is abused due to his lack of intelligence according to society’s structure. Lennie and George have an incredible bond‚
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