This goes back to character versus character since there are two people talking or acting with each other and it is conflict. In this c vs. c this is conflict since she is asking why he won’t do something for them. Curley’s wife loves to interact with people and they sometimes don’t want her. Steinbeck proves Curley’s wife is the loneliest on Of Mice and Men through cvs.c conflict, dialogue, indirect characterization. Curley’s wife is very lonely so she has to make her rounds at the farm to not be as lonely as possible.
Explore the ways Curley’s wife is presented and developed in ‘Of Mice and Men.’ Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife in a negative and unflattering way in the novella ‘Of Mice and Men.’ She is an important character who is perhaps the loneliest person on the ranch. As a result of this she behaves in ways that other characters disapprove of. I shall show the ways Curley’s wife is presented and developed by showing how she appears, how she acts around other characters and what they say about her. Even before Curley’s wife appears, Candy talks about her in a negative way to George and Lennie. He is quite gossipy and says ‘She got the eye’.
The loneliness of Curley’s wife is portrayed in many different ways throughout the book, using both the words of characters and Steinbeck’s narrations. Even at the beginning of the book, a sense of the loneliness is displayed through the setting of Soledad, meaning solitude, and plays a perfect backdrop for the loneliness of the characters. By setting the story in Soledad, Steinbeck demonstrates the terrible loneliness that all of the characters are feeling, including Curley’s wife. The ironic thing about her loneliness is that she is the only character in the book that has a partner or husband, but still comes across as the most solitary one of them all. She shows a lot of anger and sarcasm when she speaks about Curley, “swell guy ain’t
When she takes it out, she talks like it is an old friend: “What has been happening to me? said the sad little eyes”(86). Her assigning life-like qualities to inanimate objects shows how isolated she feels. Her descriptions of strangers in the park also give the reader a feeling of just how alone she feels. She fantasizes she has a relationship with them: “They weren’t only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting.
1. What is the effect of Judith Ortiz Cofer’s opening paragraph? Does her anger draw you in or distance you? In Judith Ortiz Confer’s opening paragraph, the author sets a tone to her writing that draws you away from her. When Judith smiles she uses “no show of teeth” or extreme contortions of the facial muscles” which create a mood for the reader that makes Judith seem less emotional (204).
Walker's depiction of the main character is so vividly expressed that a reader could not visualize anything other than that of a poverty-stricken and destitute individual. Readers experience feelings of compassion when Walker describes the unnamed woman's unkempt appearance: her tattered clothing and lack hygiene. From the depiction expressed throughout the narration, one could sense that this short story was created from the personal experiences of Walker herself. This reader speculates that the writer has a spiritual personal history and "The Welcome Table" is her way of conveying a message regarding the prejudices and harshness individuals encounter. Rather than expressing how the main character feels, the writer focuses on the opinions of the other characters in the story.
They looked like wig hair, damaged and knotted, but felt like duck feathers.” It is typical for a fiction story to describe surroundings with such detail, but since this was written as a letter to someone, the use of detail is used to emphasize the loneliness of the writer, since she probably has nobody else to listen to what she has to say. With jack being gone, the writer has nobody else to talk to at home, so during various parts of the letter, one can witness how the writer is constantly giving her cat human traits, such as: “We danced the visitor-gone dance, flinging our feet (and paws)…” further indicating her loneliness and longing for another person’s
Despite what she’s done, Grace is an incredibly likeable character. The reader, even though he or she may know what she’s done and question her sanity and status as a reliable narrator, it is easy to feel sorry for her. Her father is good for nothing, she has endured a long journey that left her without a mother, she is forced into work and furthermore, seems oddly out of place in a prison, especially being a women. Another one of the reasons why it is also easier to sympathize with Grace is that her direct hand in the murder of her employer is not entirely clear. While Alias Grace centers on this murder as the central driver of the plot of Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood never allows the reader to know in any detail what exactly transpired.
Candy and his dog almost shared the same relationship of George and Lennie. Like Lennie, Candy’s dog depends on George to take care of him and show him what to do. Candy had his dog as a constant companion, now he felt worthless as he didn’t own a single important thing. Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life that not even the strongest can avoid. Throughout the story, Of Mice and Men, the reader feels remorse for the characters as they endure from the loneliness of the ranch.
In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows the negative impact of loneliness through characters by the names of ‘George’ and ‘Lennie’. “I want you to stay with me, Lennie…No, you stay with me. Your Aunt Clara wouldn’t like you running off by yourself even if she is dead…” (13). Establishing the relationship between George and Lennie can really show you this quotes meaning. Their special bond being together differentiates them from others.