Curleys Wife Essay -- English Literature

Curleys Wife=============At first, Curleys wife is described to the endorser through the com custodyts of the men onthe bed covering. glass over tells Lennie and George when he first meets them that she got theeye for the men on the ranch, nonetheless though she has only been married to Curley fortwo weeks. Candy thinks that she is a tart.We first meet Curleys wife when she comes into the bunkhouse, when Lennie andGeorge argon in there. She is apparently smell for Curley but she already knows thatnew men have arrived. Steinbeck gives a exposit description of her as she stands inthe entre of the bunkhouse and talks to Lennie and George. She is heavily madeup, with full make up lips and red fingernails. Her body language is provocative asshe positions herself in the doorway so that her body was thrown forward. Shesmiles archly and twitched her body. The general impression the reader gains is ofa young girl who is pretty and wants the attention of men.Georges reaction to Curley s wife, however, makes the reader relieve oneself that she is apotential threat to the two men. George sees her as poison and jailbait. He is hazardouswith Lennies admiration of her shes purty and fiercely tells him that he must stayaway from her. Dont you even take a look at that bitch. Later, when we find outwhat happened at Weed, where Lennie frightens a woman by stroking her dress andthey are forced to flee the town from a lynch mob, we understand why George is soalarmed that she will be the cause of more trouble for them.Whits reliance of Curleys wife is one of bewilderment, he seesthrough the flirty appearance and estimable sees a girl trying too seekattention, but he palliate doesnt understand why she acts like ... ...only married Curley to get away from home. Shemet him at the Riverside Dance Palais, probably attracted to him because he was theson of a ranch owner. Now, however, the reality is that she doesnt even like him. Heaint a nice fella, she confides in Lennie. When they are talking together she showssome kindness to Lennie when she realizes that he understands little of what she issaying. afterwards she is dead we are shown by Steinbeck a different side of Curleys wife.In death the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache forattention have gone from her face. We see she is just a young and pretty girl.Steinbecks description of her dead body seems intentional to make us see her as a victim of life.The better(p) laid plans o mice and-------------------------------men gang aft agley. (Robert Burns)Best laid Plans a lot goes astray.