Another character is Curley's wife who is very lonely. Steinbeck shows lonliness by showing her only women on the ranch. She is lonely because at that time author is writing ,women were used to stay at home and not allowed to go out. She always flirts with the male workers of the ranch to seek attention.She always try to talk to somebody but no one is ready to talk to her. For evidence she said to Lennie,"I never get to talk to nobody.
The author is a loving wife and parent who experiences complications in her family relationships because of her husband, John, who is spending less time with her and spending more time at work. As a child, Hope Edelman grew up in suburban New York where her father was always preoccupied with work, thus never spending time with the family just like her husband. The author was seventeen when her mother died of breast cancer causing Edelman great pain. Her mother did everything around the house when she was alive, so her passing caused a lack of discipline with the children and there were no more chores for any of the siblings. Nannies were suddenly walking in through the front door daily.
Curley’s wife is always looking for someone just to talk to because she doesn’t have anything better to do. Curley’s wife was lonely because she had no one to talk to and she was bored on the ranch. In addition
Curley made life really unpleasent for his wife on the ranch. He never had a proper conversation with her throughout the book and never cared how she felt. Curley kept “his hand soft for his wife” and went around showing off to other men about it. Curley is always resentful and angry towards everyone on the ranch, he has a problem with big men even though he is described as small in the book. Everyone on the ranch called Curleys Wife a ''tart'' because she flirts and the ranch men said ''Shes got the eyes''.
Looking to find work, she disguises herself as a man, Cesario, and goes to work in the home of Lady Olivia. Next, Miss Sandra closely resembles the character Lady Olivia. Miss Sandra from All Shook Up is the new owner of the local museum, and is uninterested in any interaction with anyone from the town, as she believes the entire town lacks culture. She also turns down any advances from any of the men as she is disinterested in their company. On the other had, Lady Olivia is in mourning of her dead brother and will not entertain any marriage proposals.
Also, in her dream, “she passed by the loving couples” suggesting that she herself has never been in a relationship with a man and that has all passed her by. Furthermore the fact that she is childlessness is symbolic of the fact that she could never find a sexual partner. The fact that she contracted cancer is tragic in the aspect that if she had been close to someone she might have avoided it.
Paragraph 2- Curley's wife Talk about how she is always hanging around on the ranch, finding excuses to get out of the house. Contain references to the fact that she is the only woman on the ranch and that she is married to a man that she dislikes greatly. Refer to her being only just into her late teens. Mention how she, as well as crooks, opened up to Lennie because she was lonely. Also mention that she lied to herself and made herself believe that the man she met could really have put her in the pictures and that her mother had hidden the letters from Hollywood.
Curley's wife is the only female character in the story, She is never given a name and is only mentioned in reference to her husband. The men on the farm refer to her as a “tramp,” a “tart,” and a “looloo.” Dressed in fancy, feathered red shoes, she represents the temptation of female sexuality in a male-dominated world. Steinbeck depicts Curley’s wife not as a villain, but rather as a victim. Like the ranch-hands, she is desperately lonely and has broken dreams of a better life. Crooks, the black stable-hand, gets his name from his crooked
The title "Of Mice and Men". Firstly Steinbeck portrays Curley's wife as a lonely character. Newly married and in a strange place, she is forbidden by Curley to talk to anyone but him. To counter this, she constantly approaches the ranch hands on the excuse of looking for Curley. The only result is that the men regard her as a "slut", and Curley becomes even more intensely jealous.
She is the only female on the ranch, so this immediately draws a line in between her and the men of the ranch. Curley’s wife stated, "...Standin' here talkin' to a bunch of bindle stiffs—a nigger an' a dum-dum and a lousy ol' sheep—an' likin' it because they ain't nobody else." (78) Curley’s wife doesn’t really have anyone to talk to. She is happy with talking to just Lennie, Candy and Crooks because it is virtually all she has. Crooks is the only negro on the ranch.