Of Mice And Men: A Critical Look At Curley's Wife
‘Of Mice and Men', a novel by John Steinbeck, tells a story of friendship, loneliness and aspirations. Two itinerants named George and Lennie go to work on a farm as labourers in a place named Soledad. The story then ends when George takes Lennie's life. Almost everyone on the farm is lonely and the person that represents this the most is Curley's (the boss's son) wife, one of the most pivotal characters in the book. When Lennie and George arrive on the farm and are shown their quarters Curley's wife, on one of her ‘looking for Curley' routines, sees them both and immediately starts flirting with them. George gets angry when Lennie takes a shine to her and tell him to stay away and calls her a ‘bitch' and a ‘rat-trap' This view is also held by many of the workers on the farm. Curley instantly takes a dislike to Lennie when he firsts meets him just because he his much considerably larger that himself. This attitude towards Lennie results in him getting into a fight with him but......
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