In the short novel, Of Mice and Men, Author John steinbeck does not give the character Curley's wife a name due to her lack of self identity. On the farm, She has no real sense of purpose. She does not fit in with the ranch hands. She lives a lonely existence. This lack of self sense relates to the real struggles women faced during the Dust Bowl Period. Women found themselves explicitly questioning the ideals of freedom and independence that were critical aspects of their family heritage as the drought and dust storms threatened their livelihoods. Curley's wife had ambitions be a bigger part of the world but due to the circumstances at the time this dream was viewed as being unachievable. So instead she sought to reach out in society by leaving