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Similarities Between Lennie And Curley's Wife

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Have you ever wondered how you are different compared to different people? This is because everyone is there own persona. This book “Of Mice and Men” was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck. It describes the life of two migrant workers who go through an adventure that has them destined to a good future but Lennie’s actions put that into question after a series of event and one towards the malicious wife of Curley who herself is a very tragic but lonely soul. Curley’s wife and Lennie are different in the way they are treated by the workers and their relationship with Curley but similar in the way that they both have a dream. Lennie and Curley’s wife are both get treated different by the workers. Curley’s wife as wife of one of the leaders of the ranch doesn't get many respect as it is given to Lennie who is less valued due to his job and condition. In page 48, Whit says “... You’ll see plenty. She ain’t concealin’ nothing. I never seen nobody like her. She got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody… I don’t know what the hell she …show more content…

Both of them had big goals set up for themselves which one thing that brought them together. In page 83 Curley’s wife described her dream and said “Coulda’ been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes--all them nice clothes like they wear”. This shows that Curley’s wife dream was to be a movie star and to be famous. As she explained her dream to Lennie she has this type of passion and it made her happy to be talking about it although she is angry at the same time. On the other hand, Lennie’s dream was to live in a flata’ lan and pet some rabbits. This truly was a dream Lennie wanted to accomplished as he always asked George to describe or talk about the farm that they will never own. This very similarity tied Lennie and Curley’s wife in there final minutes of life since they both shared that hope that their dream would come

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