Of Mice and Men Society and Class Characters in the novel can be ranked into the low and high social categories. Most of the characters in the novel are in the low class. George and Lennie, are migrant workers and considered to be beneath the average man. Their status in society is low. Along with most of the characters in this novel, they are the working class. Only the family of the boss is classified into the high category. Curley, the boss’ son, is the only non-working class. He is confrontational and aggressive. He believes he is superior to everyone because he is the son of the boss. And he treats people very rudely. When Curley was looking for his wife, he noticed Lennie was laughing and said: Then Curley’s rage exploded. “Come on, ya big bastard. Get up on your feet. …show more content…
I’ll show ya who’s yella.” Also, he wore high-heeled boots in the farm to make others felt like he was one-class higher than the rest. By being able to stand taller, he thought he became superior to the rest. Curley’s wife can be categorised into the low social group. She always flirts with other characters in the novel. She hopes for a better life. She may be married to the son of the owner of the farm, but she still wants to move up in the society. She has once thought of being a movie star. Movies started to become famous in the 1930s. She wants to climb up higher than she was in the novel. Also, she is not given a name in the novel. This might indicate that women in the America at that time had a very low status. This implies after the American Great Depression, there were still class issues. The high social category was controlling the low social category since they had more resources and