EXPLORE THE SIGNIFICANCE AND ROLE OF MINOR CHARACTER IN ‘OF MICE AND MEN’ ‘Of mice and men’ is set during the Great Depression. When a Dust Bowl in the 1930s‚ which vastly damaged the economics and agriculture in the US. Hundreds and thousands of farmers lost their jobs and became migrant workers in California. Finding a job in the ranches was really difficult‚ because the society was cruel to those who are useless. In this book‚ there are a few minor characters that reflected some important social
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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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In ’Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck uses dialogue‚ action and description to introduce and describe the characters. Curley’s wife is first introduced‚ through description‚ as a girl not a woman: "A girl was standing there looking in." (page 53). This implys that Curley’s wife is looked down upon because she is female and young. Also‚ this shows the age difference between her and the men who work on the ranch because they are described as guys or men while Curley’s wife is described as a girl or young
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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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mice When John Steinbeck wrote of mice and men‚ he showed there was a lot of inequality during the 1930’s. This essay shall attempt to portray the inequality of women in Steinbeck’s novel. George the main character of the story‚ first sets his eyes on Curley’s wife‚ his initial impression of her is that he has “never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” (Steinbeck 2006 p36). In the novel Curley’s wife is a beautiful woman who constantly shows her beauty to the men on the ranch. She dresses
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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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Steinbeck’s‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Curley’s wife is very lonely and feels extremely useless. She feels that the only way she can get attention is by going around and flirting with guys. Although everyone see’s Curley’s wife as a “whore” who just wants to seduce guys‚ her true desire is to have someone she can go to who makes her feel loved. Curley’s wife puts her self out there as a desperate flirt‚ but while she’s flirting with guys she’s only looking for someone she can talk to. When Curley’s wife is talking
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Of mice and men Notes curley’s wife She is never given a name. She is given no real identity. She has only been married to Curley for a few weeks. She is lonely. There are no other women to talk to on the ranch. The men on the ranch like to think that she is after them. She is married to the sons of the owner of the ranch so why would she be after the workers who have nothing. When whit is playing cards he comments to George about Curley’s wife .”ain’t she a loo loo?” he also
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1937 novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck there is a very powerful aspect of male dominance in the text. From a feminist’s point of view this story degrades women‚ and categorizes them as sexual objects. One example of this was the representation of Curley’s wife as a character. She was not a main character but she was visually described extensively. She is portrayed as a tramp‚ and it seems as though this was a deliberate point made by Steinbeck. The first time Curley’s wife is seen she is
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Isolation of the characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’ Curley’s wife is the only female on the ranch and is described in a very feminine and incongruous manner‚ “full‚ rouged lips and wide spaced eyes‚ heavily made-up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters‚ like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules‚ on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers”. The bold‚ heavily made-up appearance matches her personality as she disguises her true
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