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    Loneliness‚ however‚ played a major part in what originally lead to this catastrophe. As stated in the novel‚ “I seen her give Slim the eye. Curley never seen it. An’ I seen her give Carlson the eye" (Steinbeck np). As perceived in this quotation‚ the old man‚ Candy‚ believes she gives “the eye” to the other men on the ranch. What makes him think or see that? This is an unfair conclusion made

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    and Steinbeck explores George as being astute and sees straight through Curley’s wife’s playful talk‚ “ She’s rat trap”. In the novel Steinbeck explore as Curley’s wife seeks male attention which suggests that she doesn’t get enough attention form Curley‚ as we can see from Corley’s character later in the book. Also in the book itself shows that Curley’s wife is lonely insecure woman and somewhat if she think men

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    Curley’s Wife asks about the were abouts of her husband Curley. George tells her that he is not in here. “Oh . . . she replies. She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door so that her body was thrown forward.” When Curley’s Wife comes in all made up she is obviously trying to get attention from the boys. After flirting with George an Lennie some more she hears slim outside and tells him that she is looking for Curley. “ Well you ain’t tryin’ very hard. I seen him goin’ in

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    In the early stages of the book‚ she is presented through the eyes of the other characters‚ in very unflattering terms like "tramp" and "bitch". Only innocent Lennie has a less negative response‚ "She’s perty‚" for which George hastily reprimands her. George fears that she will get them into trouble and calls her "jailbait": he has seen too many women like her‚ married women who seduce men and get them into trouble. Curley’s wife is aware of the power of her attractiveness and aims to use it to

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    first discussion with George and Lennie. Candy tells them that Curley’s wife is a “tart”. The fact that Curley’s wife is introduced to us with having “the eye” tells us that she is very flirtatious with other men in the ranch despite having a husband (Curley). The fact that we‚ the readers‚ are introduced to Curley’s wife through malicious rumours means that already the reader has a negatively biased opinion on Curley’s wife and women in general at those times. Curley’s wife is first physically introduced

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    and they turn out to be terrible. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ Curley is approached as the worst person on the ranch by many people. People analyze him as a racist‚ mean‚ and sexist man. Notwithstanding‚ he has tried to pick fights with almost everyone on the ranch. He beat Lennie‚ a mentally disabled man‚ he publicly displays him and his wife’s sexual lives‚ and he treats his wife as if she is his slave. Moreover‚ the actions Curley has done are evil‚ but they are not solely because he’s an abominable

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    Steinbeck uses quite descriptive vocabulary to describe Curley as an individual and links this to the way other characters react to him. Furthermore‚ he says “His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious”. This is a strong indicator in suggesting that Curley is quite an aggressive character as he describes him as pugnacious. The word ‘pugnacious’ itself is quite unusual and yet it solidifies the suspicions of what the audience think of Curley (him being a character always wanting a fight)‚ as it

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    men” by John Steinbeck gives us reason to believe that Curley himself is to blame for his wife’s death. Curley is the one to blame for his wife’s death because if he had shown her the attention she desired Lennie then she wouldn’t have even tried to hit on Lennie‚ and the whole situation could have been avoided. In the story “ Of mice and men” by John Steinbeck gives us reason to believe that Curley himself is to blame for his wife’s death. Curley is the one to blame for his wife’s death because if

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    Find these‚ and comment on them. Answers: 1. when Curleys wife says they left all the weak ones here I think she is referring to the reality that because of their circumstances; candy‚ crooks & Lennie were not capable of visiting the whore house like the other men. Curelys wife is suggesting that they are weaker because of their incapacity to take part in some of the activities other men can. 2. In this chapter I think that Curleys wife comes across as unkind cruel and nasty. She gives off

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    Helen Gurley Brown was born February 18‚ 1922‚ she died August 13‚ 2012. (Fox‚ 2012) Helen was an american author‚ publisher‚ and business women. She also was the editor and chief for Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. ("Helen Gurley Brown" 2017) When she wrote the book "Sex and the Single Girl"‚ about a single girl who thoroughly enjoyed sex‚ she shocked the world. Although Helen said things that was questioning to most she was an independent powerful woman in the publishing world. (Weigel‚ 2016)

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