Curley's Wife Villain

How desperate do lonely people get? This book is titled of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck. In this book there is a character who goes by the name of Curley’s wife, she flirts with everyone around the farm. Near the end of the book Lennie, a mentally challenged man, strangled her to death by accident. In this book Curley’s wife is a villain because she threatened the life of Crooks, she treated everyone she talked to with very little respect, and she wished harm upon her husband. First she is a villain because she threatened Crooks’ life. Curley’s wife said,”’ Listen, N****,’ she said,’ You know what I can do to you if you open your trap.”’ (Steinbeck, 80). In this quote Curley’s wife is telling Crooks she can have him harmed if he

Curley’s wife said,”... Standin’ Here talkin to a bunch of bindle stiffs- a n**** an’ a dum-dum.” (Steinbeck, 78). In this quote she is trying to lessen the value of the people she is talking to and trying to gain superiority. This proves the claim because she is showing disrespect to the other people by the way she insults them. “You bindle bums think you're so damn good, Whatta ya think I am a kid?” (Steinbeck, 78). She is yelling at a group of guys because they told her that her husband’s arm broke by a machine. She doesn’t try and calmly find the truth, she immediately starts insulting

“ Well I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don’t like to talk somebody once in awhile?” (Steinbeck, 77). She is telling Candy, Lennie, and Crooks that she likes to talk to people. This proves that she is a victim because she doesn’t really talk to many people because of her husband, so she might get lonely. “But you’re a kinda nice fella. Jus’ like a big baby.” (Steinbeck, 90). She is telling Lennie that he is a nice person. This proves the claim because she wants to talk to Somebody, and Lennie was the kindest person to her. They are wrong because she didn’t try and be nice to most people at the