Who Is Curley's Wife A Victim

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells a story about the truth about the american dream, he describes a world where the american dream is nothing but an illusion. Steinbeck portrays this theme through his character Curley's Wife The setting of the novella is a ranch in Soledad, California. Steinbeck paints a difficult portrait of america in the 1930s, The Great Depression. Steinbeck reveals the devastating truth about The Great Depression a time when the economy was terrible and people were taken advantage. Of Mice and Men leaves the reader feeling dark and haunted by the heavy ending of the novella. One of the novella topics was how the strong treat the weak, who was the villain and who was the victim. Curley’s Wife is a victim because she is falsely made a villain because she is a woman, she is also a victim because she is unhappy with her life.

She is locked away in the house, alone all day. Curley’s wife goes into the barn to seek company, she wants to interact with other people. Steinbeck describes Curley’s wife’s actions, “I seen her give slim the eye, curley never seen it. I see her give carlson the eye,” (STEINBECK 28). Steinbeck depicts her as a troublemaker, this shows during this time period women were easily labeled. The men around the barns assumed she was trying to cause trouble but she was only trying to have some