Of Mice And Men Curley's Wife Sympathy Quotes

In the novel Of MIce and Men John Steninbeck creates empathy for the character of Curley’s wife, centered around her being the only woman living on a ranch during the 1930s, in order to help the reader prepare for, and deal with, the novel’s tragic ending. Through the chapters in the novel, the author Steinbeck creates sympathy by making the character Curley’s wife feel needed and being around cruel people, it is shown that it is hard to be a woman living in the 1930s. This can be shown in the novel Of Mice and Men as the character Curley’s wife is constantly being insulted by the men on the ranch behind her back for what she wears and what she looks like. All the character Curley’s wife wants is someone to talk to but is neglected by the

In the time of this Curley’s wife is in the barn with one of the men Lennie when the quote was said she was next to him talking to him when Lennie was with the dog and she states “‘I get lonely,’ she said. ‘You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?’” (Steinbeck, 87). This shows the reader that she really doesn't have anyone to talk to and needs to feel needed because her husband Curley doesn't give her attention so she seeks the men out so she can feel needed because Curley’s wife doesn't feel that way. Another way the author Steinbeck Creates sympathy for the character Culey’s wife is putting her in a situation where she is surrounded by cruel people. Here the reader learns that Curley’s wife doesn't have a good life because throughout the book she has to live in a place were everywhere she turns is a man that talks about her or insults her for what she wears, and talks bad about her behind her back. The men think that whatever happens to her she deserves it because of what she is wearing saying that if something bad happens to her she was asking for it because the men think that Curley’s wife is wearing exposing clothing for attention, they think that Curley’s is bad news and that Curley’s wife is wearing those clothes and

In the time of this George and Slim are talking about Curley’s wife behind her back without her there this is said when the men Slim and George are playing cards and George ask about Curley’s wife and Slim states "She ain't consealin' nothing. I never seen nobody like her. She got the eye goin' all the time on everybody." (Steinbeck, 51). This shows the reader that she is in fact surrounded by cruel people because Curley's wife is getting insulted behind her back because the men on the ranch never really met her and the men just aussems that she is a problem and is bad news. Taken all together, these moments build a bigger picture for Curley’s wife. The first example of the sympathy showed how Curley’s wife is ignored and hated by the men of the farm and her husband didn’t talk to her so she felt needed, so later on in the novel she gets to talk to one of the men and Curley’s wife feels needed and continues to tell the man Lennie about her and her life and finally gets to