Comparing Curley's Wife In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Curley’s Wife is no exception to this belief of Steinbeck’s. Always wanting to be an actress since a young age, her dreams have been shut down on multiple occasions, mainly by her mother. “I met one of the actors. He says I could go with the show. But my ol’ lady wouldn’ let me. She says because I was on’y fifteen. But the guy says I coulda. If I’d went, I wouldn’t be livin’ like this, you bet.” -(Pg. 88). Being a hopeless dreamer, Curley’s wife dreams of a better life, a life where she weren’t lonely and despised by the men of the ranch. Even with her being married, it made no difference. Curley didn’t provide any love or affection to his wife. Unfortunately her loneliness is was lead Curley’s wife to her demise. All she wanted was a friend, and in the end, she never got one.

Some may argue that this was Lennie’s dream as well, but he did not share the same dream as the other two men. “They fell in silence. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. George said reverently, “Jesus Christ! I bet we could swing her.” -(Pg. 60). Steinbeck does an amazing job of making this dream seem as if it were going to happen. Even Crooks, the stable hand, was surprised that they were going to accomplish this vision. George and Candy’s dream was almost real, but it received the same fate as all the others. The dream became as broken as Curley’s Wife’s neck. “Then--it’s all off?” Candy asked sulkily. George didn’t answer his question. George said, “I’ll work my month an’ I’ll take my fifty bucks an’ I’ll stay all night in some lousy cat house. Or I’ll set in some poolroom till ever’body goes home. An’ then I’ll come back an’ work another month an’ I’ll have fifty bucks more.” -(Pg. 94) Though Lennie did not share the same dream, it wasn’t the same dream without