Of Mice And Men Curley's Motivate

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Curley’s Motivate: Fighting until It’s Done
There are a few people in this world that think they’re better than everyone else. Everyone has different ways to improve on themselves. They think they are above and more important than anyone. Some can be mean or nice. In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, nearly every character struggles with some weakness. Curley is motivated by knowing the Boss is his father. Curley is mean to anyone with a weakness.
Curley’s weakness is that he is trying to prove himself physically because he lacks self-confidence. Here, the author has to convince the audience that Curley is not a good man. He picks fights especially with guys who are bigger than him to prove his masculinity and to make people obey him. His strength comes in the physical form, lightweight fighting. For instance, even Candy said, “He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys.” (26) Curley could be jealous of how tall Lennie is as opposed to his short height. Did Steinbeck purposely say this to make Curley seem weak? Therefore, Curley’s standing up to Lennie shows his desire to have a higher status than him even though he is much smaller. …show more content…

He uses this by bossing the workers around and intimidating them. For example, “Curley stared levelly at him. ‘Well, nex’ time you answer when you’re spoke to’” (26). This means that . . . . The way he talks to these workers shows that he thinks he can control them with his authority. The workers feel this way about Curley’s power and if “he tangles with them, they are going get in trouble.” (29) They know it will only cost them their jobs. Lennie doesn’t have the power to keep himself out of trouble because he doesn’t have a lot powerful like Curley has and not smart enough to stay from

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