Curley's Wife Misperceived In Of Mice And Men

In society it is natural to judge someone when you first meet them, and sometimes it leads them to misperception. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck talks about George and Lennie, their journey through the Great Depression. The start of the book talks about how George and Lennie move from farm to farm looking for work and they find a new farm. At this farm they befriend a few of the workers there, but they all misperceive Lennie right away and see him as this weakling that cannot do anything really serious. Since in the end Lennie ends up killing Curley’s wife and no one expected it since he comes off more childish. Also, Curley’s wife is misperceived because everyone sees her like a prop that they can just toy with. In reality, she is just

George and Lennie just arrived to the farm where they find Candy and Candy starts to tell them how the farm works and about everyone on the farm, Curley’s wife is now being discussed and Candy states, “Well, I think Curley’s married… a tart” (28). Through this phrase, it is understood that everyone now on the farm believes Curley’s wife is a tart because she flaunts around all the boys and she isn’t portrayed as a very mature woman until the end of the novel where more is discovered about her. Curley’s wife is a very lonely person that just craves the attention she doesn’t get, so she acts like a tart since that gives her the attention she wants/ needs. Curley’s wife walks into the barn right after Lennie killed the puppy and Lennie avoided talking to Curley’s wife since he thinks, “Well, George says you’ll get us in a mess” (88). Through, this phrase, Steinbeck is portraying that everyone believes that Curley’s wife is going to influence Lennie to make bad decisions, which is what happened, but not everyone expected it. This phrase goes to show that Curley’s wife is misunderstood since George believes that if Lennie is alone with Curley’s wife something bad will happen and something will happen to Lennie. Even though, Curley’s wife is just lonely and is looking for attention that she doesn’t receive.. Curley’s wife is talking to Lennie now and they are talking about her life and she keeps questioning why he won’t talk to her, “Wha’s the matter with me… ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody?” (87). Through these two sentences it is clear that everyone has misunderstood her because of how she acts. She doesn’t see that people are calling her a tart just because she acts a certain way and they see her more as a prop, than a person. Curley’s wife is misunderstood because no one knows anything