Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Essay

John Steinbeck at the beginning of the novel creates dislike towards Curleys wife. However by the end of the novel we feel sympathy for her.Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curleys wife such asColour imageryAppearanceMetaphorsSimiles duologueForeshadowingDescriptive wordsQUOTESThe rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut offTartEver trunk out doin sompin. Everbody An what am i doin? Standin here talkin to a bunch of bindle stiffsa nigger an a dum-dum and a lousy ol sheepan likin it because they aint nobody else. well, you keep your localize then, nigger. I could fall you strung up on a tree so easy it aint even funny. I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.I could made somethin of myselfMaybe I will yet. Coulda been in the movies.I dont like Curley. He aint a nice fella.On Lennie Jus like a big baby.Her body flopped like a fishHe pawed up the hay.linguistic contextCurleys wife is the only women at the ranch, women in 1930s America where treated as less just like Curleys wife. Women where seen as stupefied and this is just like Steinbeck portrays Curleys wife. Also in 1930s America blacks and whites did not get along. There were many segregated places like hospitals and churchs etc. people where racists just like Curleys wife was towards Crooks.Curleys WifeCurleys wife knows her beauty is her power, and she uses it to flirt with the men at the ranch and make her husband jealous. Steinbeck at the beginning portrays Curleys wife to be mean and seductive. She brings evil into the mens lives by tempting them in a way they cannot resist. Eventually, she ends the dream of, the little farm where George and Lennie wanted to live.