Essay On Curley's Wife

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In the novel, Of Mice and Men, many conflict causing characters made their presence known throughout the novel; one of these characters being the most efficient of them all, Curley’s wife. Although Lennie can be seen as the troublemaker in the novel, he has more of an innocent undertone to his character. On the other hand, it is seen throughout the novel that Curley’s wife is intentionally seeking to cause some kind of trouble in order for her to receive attention. In chapter two, the introduction of Curley’s wife, many of the men in the bunkhouse expressed how problematic Curley’s wife is, this is explicitly seen as Candy warns George and Lennie by saying, “Well--she got the eye,” meaning how she has an interest for other men, although she is already married (28). …show more content…

This was the first warning that Lennie and George had received about the attention seeking woman. The true sign of trouble that came from Curley’s wife was when Lennie first laid eyes on her; although it seems to be Lennie’s flaw for being interested in her, Curley’s wife was looking for attention. She was willing to do anything for attention, even if that meant causing trouble or harm among the workplace. In John Steinbeck's eyes, Curley’s wife's role in this novel was to spark an interest in Lennie that would later cause trouble not only for himself, but also George. George himself warns Lennie specifically about staying away from her by telling him, “Don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says or what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I have never seen in piece of jailbait worse than her” (32). George seems as if he speaks from experience with people like Curley’s wife, and he is aware of her intentions of seeking attention and causing trouble in order to gain this

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