John Steinbeck’s famous novella Of Mice and Men depicts the harsh and repressive treatment faced by women‚ people of color‚ farm workers and those with mental handicaps in the 1930s. Curley’s wife‚ the only prominent female character in the novel‚ is looked down upon by the farmworkers‚ who see her as trouble and a tart. The curls of her hair are described twice as being like “little sausages” subtly alluding to the fact the women of her time were viewed as pieces of meat. They were commodities‚
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Period 5 Of Mice and Men Mitchell In the novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck Lennie and Curley’s wife are two characters who are oppressed by their loved ones and society due to the way of how they act. Lennie’s social interactions with others‚ except with 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
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This shows that Curley’s Wife has a lot more power over certain characters. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ the different characters have different amounts of power such as Curley‚ Slim‚ and George. Curley is a short‚ angered‚ and mean guy who is the son of the boss and thinks that he can get away with anything. Curley has a huge amount of power considering that he is the boss’s son‚ he can do whatever he wants to anybody and get away with it. All of Curley’s power comes from his family owning
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complains how she could’ve had a better life. ’coulda been in movies‚ an had nice clothes like they wear...’ The dream tells us how Curleys wife would’ve liked to wear nice clothes‚ been in plays and spoke on the radio. Says that the man also said she was a natural. she could want to be an actress because she says about the attention that they get so she has that dream because shes always wanted attention shows she is striving for glamour‚ makes her seem tacky because she is always wanting
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is represented Language devices used Deeper analysis Two 34 ‘Little bouquets of red ostrich feathers’ As a lonely‚ isolated and un-wanted Connotations‚ imagery‚ metaphor and In this quote we can identify that Steinbeck is portraying Curley’s wife as an ostrich. Unable to fly‚ meaning CW can’t leave or escape the ranch. This represents that she is stuck and will never be able to leave. This goes back to portraying her as a lonely woman. It can also portray that she shows off and for that reason
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novella Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck presents a female character who is isolated by her husband’s will. This results in her living a sad and lonely life. Curley’s wife is the only woman living on the farm where the story takes place. Her husband of only two weeks‚ who she later admits to not loving‚ is over – protective and does not allow her to talk to anyone or have any friends. Steinbeck shows the theme of isolation through the depressed and regretful character of Curley’s wife who dies at
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them 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
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Curley’s wife How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife’s’ desires in the book ‘Of Mice and Men’? John Steinbeck’s novella‚ ‘Of Mice and Men’ depicts the struggle of two wayward men during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Although a variety of characters in the story are presented as the out casts of society‚ Curley’s wife is perhaps the character in which readers feel most sympathetic towards. Essentially‚ Curley’s wife represents the image of all women in the society in which Steinbeck
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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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Josie Lopez 1st Hour Of Mice and Men: Who Was the Loneliest? While reading Of Mice and Men‚ there were some characters that stood out and some that were sad to read about. Thoughts would come about that certain character or characters. One character that stood out was the only female in the whole story‚ the only person that would be wondering out and about‚ and the only person that people would assume stuff about. That character was Curley’s wife and boy was she the loneliest in the story
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