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OMAM Themes In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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OMAM Theme Women in the novella, Of Mice and Men, were treated terrible and poorly. They had a lower status than men and were only considered as objects and caretakers. For example, Curley’s wife was mistreated, given bad names by the men, and her name was not revealed because she did not own an identity and was nonexistent. John Steinbeck portrays that women were objects and caretakers by using indirect characterization and diction. Curley’s wife was not given a name, therefore she was not considered as a person. Lennie, a mentally ill man, and Crooks, a colored man, was treated better than Curley’s wife which indicates that she was lower than both of the two. Candy had said “I think Curley’s married a tart…” (28). which showed what they
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