2.How Does Steinbeck Present Curley? Steinbeck presents the character of Curley as a symbol of his theme of fate. Curley is a character who is disliked by all in the novella - even his wife who confides to a docile Lennie "I don’t like Curley". Indeed‚ Curley’s actions throughout the novella are aggressive‚ confrontational and judgemental: he is the archetypal villain of the piece. However‚ despite his lack of positive attributes‚ Curley has a position of authority on the ranch - as the ranch owner’s
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Dead Without a Trace: The Joann Curley Case Joann Curley was a middle aged woman who appeared to have fallen in love instantly when she met her future husband‚ Robert Curley. After they married in the summer of 1990‚ the couple‚ including her young daughter Angela‚ moved into her home in Wilkes-Barre‚ Pennsylvania. By all outward appearances they seemed to be the picture perfect family. Robert received a promotion at his job as a foreman for the chemistry laboratory he worked for. As a family it
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centre of the novella‚ Steinbeck causes the reader to feel dislike for Curley as he is portrayed as a violent‚ aggressive man. An example of his nature is during section 3 when Curley is quick to pick a fight with Lennie for no reason. It may be clear to the reader that Steinbeck chose Lennie to be the target as there is an intimate sense of sympathy towards him due to his disability causing the reader to feel further dislike for Curley. Steinbeck uses this scene to give the reader an initial opinion on
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Discuss the way in which Curley’s wife is presented in section 2‚ 4 and 5. Curley’s wife only appears 3 times in the novel which is in section 2‚ 4 and 5. Although she may only appear three times‚ in those three times her presence is focused on by the author and through those main chapters‚ we begin to understand more and more about Curley’s wife. In chapter 2 Curley’s wife is presented as a flashy lady who seeks attention from other men at the ranch. She is not addressed by her own name‚ but
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Examine How Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s wife. Refer closely to the text in your answers to support your views. Of Men and Mice is not kind in its portrayal of women. In fact‚ women are treated with contempt throughout the course of the book. Steinbeck generally depicts women as troublemakers who bring ruin to men and drive them mad. Curley’s wife‚ who walks the ranch as a temptress seems to be a prime example of the destructive tendency. Despite the author’s rendering‚ Curley’s
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The introduction of Curley’s wife into the novel is by other characters interpretations of her; she is talked about quite a bit and is called a ‘tramp’ and a ‘tart’ as well as many other things. Hearing Curley’s wife described in this manner gave both George and Lennie preconceptions about her‚ so when the reader meets her for the first time they have already heard about the reputation that she holds on the ranch. The way that her first appearance is described‚ it seems as if she is living up to
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Curly’s Wife Curlys Wife is a very powerful and yet powerless character within the novel Of Mice and Men as Steinbeck uses her to reflect the prejudice against women in the 1930s since they had very little rights. Just from her title “Curlys Wife” she has no actual name‚ this shows that she is just Curlys property and powerless in the sense that she hasn’t got her own individual identity‚ only an identity through her husband‚ also she doesn’t have enough power to be called a ‘woman’ instead she
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minor characters; Curley‚ the boss’ son‚ and Slim‚ the jerkline skinner. The introductory paragraphs of these two characters are interesting because they are highly contrasted. We are first introduced to Curley‚ “a thin‚ young man” on page 46. The use of the word “thin” (as opposed to Lennie’s opening description of being George’s “huge companion”) implies that he is delicate‚ fragile‚ weak‚ and the word “young” suggests he is brash‚ arrogant‚ and connotes naivety. Furthermore‚ Curley is immediately
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Of Mice and Men: In a letter .John Steinbeck Wrote of Curley wife: She is a nice girl and not a floozy. Discuss and explain your own impression of Curleys wife. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck describes Curley wife as a character of many contradictions she is shown as both a nice girl and a floozy; lonely yet vindictive; Motherly but also seductive. In this essay I will try to discuss both of her sides. Throughout the novel Curley wife acts and dresses as a floozy; in the very beginning
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How does Steinbeck use language and structure to portray curleys wife? Firstly‚ her first description is in chapter two just after George and lennie have arrived on the ranch. When we first read her description we realise she is all dressed in red‚ she wore “red mules”‚ “red ostrich feathers” and her “finger nails were red”. The author uses this symbolic language technique to help us understand that red is associated with danger in the book. This suggests that she is someone to be avoided. The
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