Analysis Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

We all know that Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a work of fiction, but he writes it so realistically that it could be very easily believed that it was actually a nonfiction book .The three most believable passages of text come from pages 25, 26, and 31. First off, page 25. Here we meet Curley and he is described as, “...a thin young man with a brown face, with brown eyes and a head of tightly curled hair. He wore a work glove on his left hand, and, like the boss, he wore high-heeled boots.” Since it was pointed out that Curley wore high-heeled boots the other men must not of. Which leads to the assumption that he is higher up in society than the rest of the men. Later on, we learn that Curley is actually the boss’s son, “‘Seen my old man’ he asked. The swamper said, ‘He was here jus’ a minute ago...’” As far as we know the only other person that was in the bunkhouse with Lennie, George, and “the swamper” is boss, so we can assume that Curley is the boss’s son which would definitely make him higher up in the society of the farm. With that description of Curley we also see that, from moment one, he does not take a liking to Lennie. “‘‘Let the big guy talk.’ Lennie twisted with embarrassment. George said,

This page is where we meet Curley’s wife and from what we learn about her the ending seems very plausible. Right away we get this description of her, “A girl was standing there looking in. She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red.” Then she immediately starts to flirt, “...she said playfully,” and Lennie was definitely taken with her, “Lennie watched her fascinated.” Knowing all of this and that later on, in the book, George tells Lennie to have nothing to do with Curley’s wife it is understandable why Lennie freaked out when Curley’s wife was yelling because he thought he had done a bad thing, therefore George wouldn’t let him tend to the