Curley’s Wife Essay

Examine how your chosen novelist presents a particular character. Refer closely to the text in your answer to support your views.In this essay I go away explore Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck and how the author represents the character Curleys married woman who is a vindictive and cruel person throughout the narration up until near to her death Steinbeck portrays her as can be nice. Curleys Wife from the start was seen as property of Curley and Steinbeck has never mentioned that Curleys Wife never had a name and is always referred to as Curleys Wife the possessive apostrophe is symbolic Curleys Wife was very flirtatious She put her manpower behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward. She was also very lonely because her husband didnt love her and plainly wanted her as property. Steinbeck first introduced Curleys Wife as a girl not a woman which implies that she is looked down upon and obviously isnt tho worthy enough to be a woman. She always pretends to be looking for Curley for an excuse to talk to the other men on the ranch and flirts with them and when Slim tells her Curley is in the house she instantly runs off this would mean that shes scared of Curley and doesnt want to socialize with him. She wears red clothing as sign as risk of infection to men and is responsible of her death because Lennie has a mind of a seven year old and her red clothing attracts Lennie. She likes to talk to George and Lennie even though she doesnt know them. Candy discriminates Curleys Wife by saying Curleys married a tart. He warns George and Lennie about her. The novel is set in the 1930s at the time of the great depression in America.The woman back then had then had no rights and was classed as property of their husbands. Also racism was a problem and the black people also had no rights. They were treating as slaves. Crooks in Of Mice and Men is black and Curleys Wife is racist towards him numerous generation throu ghout the story Well you keep your trap shut, Nigger, she also calls Lennie horrible names such Dum-Dum because of his disability. Because of the great depression in the 1930s and employers wouldnt employ woman because of the discrimination, she couldnt leave Curley because she couldnt afford to. She also attacks Candy and calls him a lousy ol sheep because he isold and not very wide awake he also follows round with the group (Curley, Crooks G&L etc). In part 5 of the story we see a softer side of Curleys wife because she shares her hopes and with Lennie. She sees herself in movies and hopes to be a big Hollywood star. She herself was once taken advantage of by a man who stated that he would make her hopes and dreams move into true