I learned about many characters in part 2 of Of Mice and Men, but the character that I found most interesting was Curley's wife. We are first introduced to Curley's wife when the swamper talks to her. The swamper says that Curley's wife has got the eye (meaning that she flirts with other men). After a while, Curley's wife comes to George and Lennie looking for Curley. Here is a description of her: "She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages. She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. 'I'm lookin' for Curley,' she said. Her voice had a nasal, brittle quality." I noticed that Curley's wife was wearing mostly red. I wonder if Steinbeck purposely did this, since red is the color of love.
Curley's wife gives me an impression of a flirtatious woman and an attention seeker. This is because she's dressing up when she doesn't have to (she doesn't really have anyone to impress). However, from what I've seen from George and Lennie, Steinbeck doesn't create one-dimensional characters. I think that there might be something more to Curley's wife. I also wonder whether she really likes Curley or not (since Curley isn't really a nice person)
I believe that Curley's wife would play an important part in Of Mice and Men. Lennie seems to really like her, and even though George told Lennie to stay away from her, she might find her way to him when he's alone. I think that either Curley or her will be the cause of the conflict of the story. Lennie also got in trouble because of a girl back in Weed, and maybe that will happen again.
I totally agree with you because the background might be like the recurring theme and it is kind of telling you a bit of foreshadowing. Also, Candy's wife is very "special" because she doesn't have a name. However, she is the only woman, at least as we know, that is in the book. When George told Lennie not to mess around with Curly shows a bit of foreshadowing
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that she is using him almost, because it says that she is a really big flirt. It also seems as if she is using him because as marina says, she loves attention. Maybe when Curly stops giving her what she wants then she'll leave, but I also think that she's going to become an even bigger character. Which means she wont be going anywhere soon. Also with it shows a little foreshadowing when George tells Lennie not to mess around with Curly, it's almost another example of who's the boss in this story.
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