How Is Curley's Wife Lonely

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Have you ever felt left out or unappreciated. That's how the 2 characters from the book Of Mice and Men felt one . John Steinbeck wrote this book in the year 1937, this book is about two men named George and Lennie. They were looking for jobs in a place called Soledad because Lennie caused problems in a town called weed. When they finally found a new job everything was going great until Lennie kills a character's wife named and the guy’s name is Curley. But Curley’s wife and Lennie are similar because they don't get enough respect, they get treated the same and they both caused problems in the ranch and they are both lonely. My first reason why I think this characters are similars is because Lenny and Curly's wife are both lonely. "I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely "What's the matter with me? Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody?"Seems like they ain't none of them cares how I gotta live" This quote shows how curley's wife thinks she’s lonely and the no one cares about her and she gets upset that no one want to talk to her." George, you want I should go …show more content…

Lennie Is treated differently just because of his mentality and Curley’s wife is treated differently because of her gender. She is the only woman on the ranch. Lennie dreamt of having a farm just to tend the rabbits. And curley’s wife had a dream of becoming a movie star. Both of their dreams didn't come true. A difference is that Lennie has George always by his side and Curley’s wife has no one because her husband is always out and she feel lonely. “ Listen to me, you crazy bastard don't even look at that bitch,’’ he said fiercely.(30) That quote is about lennie and how George tell him to not talk or look at curley’s wife because he has a feeling that she is going to cause problem. I think this quote is showing how Lennie and Curley’s wife get treated the same because they are both are getting cursed