For instance, Simon spoke to the little boy at the play with kind words and helped him to get over his fear of being alone on the trip they took. Simon also stands up to the preacher because Simon knows what’s right and important and wasn’t scared of the incorrect punishments. Simon showed his true colors when he saved all the children on the bus. Simon was able to calm everyone down and keep collected. Simon lost his life because of his act of kindness and heroism.
Darl is also brings humiliation for Anse because other townsfolk are always talking about Darl and how strange he is. His parents aren’t the only ones who have a troubled relationship with Darl. Jewel absolutely hates his brother Darl. Darl frequently torments his younger brother giving reason for Jewel to shun Darl. Dewey Dell hates Darl because she can’t keep any secrets from him, because he can look at her and know what she’s hiding.
This is because as a young girl she watched her mother suffer through a sickness known as the Cold. She had to sit as a bystander knowing there is nothing she could do but listen to her mother scream and plead for help. “In the afternoons after school, between bouts of screaming, Tana’s mother would call for her, pleading, begging to be let out. […] And little Pearl would toddle up, crying too […] Make her stop, Pearl said” (Black 14). In turn this event began to eat at her father’s ability to stay present for his daughters, leaving only Tana to be there for Pearl.
When she arrives back at the caravan she lives in with her dad, he is incredibly shocked to hear his daughter begging him to let her keep a skinny, stinky, ugly stray, and he says a firm no. Finally, Opal manages to persuade her father, who is a preacher, to keep the dog. One night, there is a thunderstorm during which Opal and her father discover that Winn-Dixie has a terrible fear of storms. During the summer holidays, Opal and her dog spend a lot of time at the tiny library near her home. Opal doesn't have many friends.
For instance, when Curley’s wife tries to talk to Lennie in the Barn while he avoids her, she says, “I get lonely, I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad”(42). Curley is careless with his wife since she is always solitary and had no one to talk with because of Curley’s jealousy. Curley is not a good husband since he constantly does not let his wife to speak with George or any other worker of the ranch because he gets upset and jealous. Also, when Curley’s wife is talking to Lennie, Candy, and Crooks in Crooks bunk she states “I think I know where they all went even Curley”(37).
Do the characters get what they deserve in the End? During the novella of mice and men Curley’s wife is alienated, spoken behind her back, called vile names and singled out from the rest of the ranch, since she is the only woman there. Throughout the novella she is constantly giving hints on how lonely she is even in her own marriage, by the end of the book she is accidentally killed and freed from the life she so dearly hated. However, another view on her death could be negative since when she dies she does not get the life she deserves for being kept in a place she doesn’t want to stay or even she does deserve her death since she is vile for not committing to her marriage vows by being a coquette. Curley’s wife is clearly a very unhappy
She is desirable in many ways and men see her as a perfect catch. However, perceptions on Judy are skewed because she is not all she's made up to be. Judy is like the American Dream to Dexter because he is trying to achieve something great by making Judy his own. She is the epitome of the dream woman just like the American Dream suggests if you work hard you have the chance to be happy and live a successful life. Dexter believes if he has Judy he will be happy and satisfied with his life.
Crookes talks about being lonely. Curley’s wife gets angry with the men. Crookes makes Lennie frightened that George might not come back. George comes into the barn. Curley’s wife comes into the barn to talk to the
It has been several weeks, you can’t possibly still be upset about Lulu’” (132). Madame Khoun feels horrible about what she did to Kien’s dog. She has the mother instinct that all mothers have, she knows when something is wrong with her children. Madame Khoun leaves her children with her sister while she takes off. When Madame Khoun returns, Kien tells her about the fight between him and his cousin, “Under the pale streetlights, I showed her the bumps and contusions Tin had left on my back while Jimmy relived the potato story.
One day, Curley's wife hopes to leave and be able to live her dream without anyone's approval. She enjoyed talking to anyone she could, one day she went to the barn and found Lennie crying about the puppy he had killed. Allowing him to touch her hair, he rubbed too hard and made her try to yell for help. Curley's wife died by trying to get help, her neck was snapped by Lennie and just like that all her dreams were gone. In the novella, Of Mice and Men, one person can ruin a person’s dream forever.