Of Mice And Men Curley's Wife Analysis

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My Grandfather lost his leg to diabetes a few years ago. He hasn’t been able to do much since it happened. I understand it was probably his fault that he didn’t recover the best, but I still feel sorry for him. Seeing him having to give up his business destroyed me, no more 4 a.m. Saturday mornings in the big truck delivering produce to Chuck ‘E’ Cheese’s and getting free cotton candy and tokens. No more delivering to Little Caesar's and getting crazy bread. I miss that. I know he does too. In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the plot follows two men who rely on each other to keep themselves in line, they move from city to city finding work, until something goes horribly wrong. Although Candy and Curley's wife are sympathetic characters, Crooks deserves the most pity because he isn’t accepted by the rest of the men because he is black. In Chapter 2, Of Mice and Men, introduces Candy as a old and lonely …show more content…

Curley’s wife is treated like property by all the other men in the bunks and by her husband. Throughout the whole book she is referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’ therefore she doesn't have a name. The men say she’s a promiscuous woman because of how she dresses and her makeup shown here, “She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up” (31). The men assume because she acts and dresses like this she is trying to be flirtatious, “Nobody can’t blame a person for lookin’,” she said (31). She is just making it clear that she doesn't care I don’t think I would call her a promiscuous woman. Curley’s wife always wanted to be a actress, but because of Curley she couldn’t ever follow her dreams. Curley's a crappy husband, he beats her and treats her like complete crap, “I don’t like Curley”, “He ain’t a nice fella” (89). I feel sympathy for Curley's wife, because she is the woman in the book and I feel like women need to stick together, no woman deserves to be called a