Curley's Wife Monologue Analysis

Today something happened which was very shocking, but I had a feeling that something similar to this would happen in the near future. I’d rather not write this down, because I’m mad and ashamed at the same time, not surprisingly I’m also afraid that this will affect me too. See, Lennie killed Curley’s wife. He did it, damnit. I was just doin’ my stuff, when suddenly Candy was shouting my name, because he found something, this appeared to be the dead body of Curley’s wife. From that moment on, I knew that Lennie was behind this. I know he did not do this in meanness.

I knew that the guys at the ranch wanted a payback and I was afraid that they were going to kill Lennie (or me, in the worst case). So, me and Candy decided to gather all the

guys from the ranch around the dead body and inform them about what happened. Worst part of that was, is that I had to lie, pretending that I’m seeing the dead body for the first time, it’s so god damn hard. Me and Candy decided that I would go out of the barn and Candy would gather all the guys. I came as last, with my jacket already on. I saw how Slim investigated the dead body, and suddenly Curley made it even worse by yelling several things ‘nd calling Lennie a big son-of-a-bitch. Lennie might’ve done some bad things, but you don’t call him like that. Lennie’s not aware of his power and you shouldn’t blame him for that. At that moment, I felt anger from the inside, for Curley. Ugh… Soon after, Slim told me (as if this whole chaos wasn’t already bad) that he thinks that Lennie did it. Wow, Slim, good guess… Good thing I covered my eyes with my hat, otherwise Slim might’ve seen upcoming tears. Nevertheless, I kept nodding in response to what he said.

And just to save Lennie from being shot by someone else, I’ll do it myself…