The loneliness of Crooks, Lennie, Candy, and Curley's wife is shown in many different ways. Crooks is lonely because he is the only black man on the ranch. He shows this loneliness by not wanting anyone to enter his room and he also reads a lot to help with his loneliness. Lennie is lonely because he is not as smart as everyone else and he acts like a kid. Lennie shows this loneliness by wanting George around and when Crooks jokes around with Lennie about George not coming back Lennie gets very angry and defensive.…
(78) A lot of the people on the ranch are lonely but Curley’s wife it's the loneliness. She is the only girl, shes 15 and is married to the owner's son so people with tend to stay away from her because they like their…
Curley wife spent her whole life trying to grab attention. she was always labeled and ingnored by everyone on the ranch, an example of this is when george tells lennie that she was trouble and to stay away from her. Curley wife was ignored and used from early on, when she was given false intentions on being a movie star. Curley wife is stuck on the ranch with no hopes, desires, and people to talk to . Introduction…
One of these obstacles is Curley's Wife. Curley's Wife is the only female role in the book. She plays the part of a lonely wife eager for attention but not always knowing how to get it. Curley's wife's Loneliness causes her to treats others badly. Curley's Wife is not liked by all of the workers on the farm and is unwanted.…
This quote informs everyone that reads the novel that Curley’s Wife is lonely, as everyone shows her a mass of discriminative behaviour because she is a female that gets into trouble. Curley's Wife represents temptation to the men that work on the farm. This si the main reason nobody really wants to go around her, as if they do something with…
She dresses up and wears tons of makeup. Curley’s wife intimidates men by her beauty, making her get whatever she wants. Curley’s wife is isolated by others by being alone and her not being able to express her feelings towards others. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody.…
Curley’s wife is the loneliest of any individual on the ranch as she is not only secluded from everyone by her husband but she is also the sole female on the ranch and has no contact with the outside world. Although she is able to roam the ranch, Curley is always on the lookout for her to be around the men and does not allow her to spend much time alone with them and prohibits her from speaking to them. Curley’s status, rather than size, intimidates the ranch workers so…
This is to highlight that she is seen as a possession of her paranoid and hypocritical husband. When we first meet her in the novel, she seems promiscuous in her attitude towards George and Lennie, who have only just arrived on the ranch. She throws her body forward in an effort to show off the shape of her body and, although pretending not to notice, she bridles when Lennie looks at her. In this first appearance, she is also wearing large quantities of the colour red. “She had full, rouged lips ...…
Loneliness “Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.” -Anne Hathaway. All my characters feel some type of loneliness. Like Crooks feels the loneliness of being alone.…
This was a catalyst for women to feel abandoned. Although all characters are alone in a way, Curley’s wife is the loneliest character in the novella. Curley’s wife is the most isolated because she is the only woman…
Her dreams remain unfulfilled and is miserable and desolate. Curley’s wife also reveals to the men that she is very lonely in her daily life, and that she enjoys talking to them because she feels she does not have anyone else. Curley’s wife had big dreams for her future but is discouraged that she was not able to achieve them, much like the other characters in the…
She is in the book to represent woman presence, however her presence is not a positive one. “I get lonely … 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 nobody” (page 87) In this quote Curley’s wife, is opening up for the first time to somebody in the story.…
How does Steinbeck develop the theme of loneliness in Of Mice and Men? In John Steinbeck’s prominent novel: Of Mice and Men, loneliness is an essential dynamic that features in the story. Loneliness is expressed very deeply throughout various characters such as: Curley’s wife, Candy, Crooks, Curley and Lennie. All of these characters have a variety of numerous discriminations.…
Steinbeck introduces Curley’s wife as a possession of Curley as the only girl on the ranch. Being the only female on the ranch, Curley had demanded and made sure that his wife does not talk to anyone on the ranch. As a way of revolting against her loneliness and her husband’s rules, she begins to flirt with other ranchers for attention. In the novel Curley’s wife seeks for attention or someone to talk to because Curley does not give her the love and attention she needs. Curley is rather unkind to his wife by not talking to her or caring about she has to say, leaving Curley’s wife with the need to tell someone.…
Loneliness can affect people’s decisions and people may start to think more irrational when driven by loneliness. One of the characters affected by loneliness is Curley’s Wife. She is affected because as a child her mother was protective and kept her away from some life experiences. She assumed that her mother threw away the acting letter so she was never able to get her big break.…