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Curley's Wife And Crooks

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The Novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck is about two men named George and Lennie who are trying to make a living. George and Lennie are working on a ranch in the Salinas Valley during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Their dream is to own their own ranch together. While on the ranch, George and Lennie are interacted with a women named Curley’s wife , who is very flirtatious, but her biggest dream is to not be alone. Another person is a man named Crooks, who is a black man on the ranch, and his dream is to be treated fairly. George, Curley’s wife, and Crooks all want to fulfill their dreams but their dreams affects their decisions they make. Crooks dream is to be treated fairly. Crooks is treated differently than everybody else on …show more content…

One day while the men are playing horseshoe Curley’s wife dresses all pretty just to get out of her house. Curley’s wife goes into the barn where she runs into Lennie at the barn. Curley’s wife confides in Lennie and telling him how she feels about being alone all the time and how she cannot talk to anybody besides her husband. Curley’s wife says,” I get lonely”, she said,” You can talk to nobody but Curley.Else he gets mad.”(87).Curley’s wife is tired of being alone in the house by herself she wants somebody to talk to and to make her feel loved, but all that she wants has a bad affect on her fate. Curley’s wife and Lennie are in the barn while the men are playing horseshoe and Lennie tells Curley’s wife that he loves to touch soft things. When Curley’s wife hears that she suggests that Lennie touches her hair because it is so soft, which is a bad idea. Curley’s wife says, “Look out, now, you’ll muss it.”And then she cried angrily.” You stop it now you’ll mess it all up.” She lerkeded her head sideways and Lennie’s fingers closed on her hair and hang on.”(91). Curley’s wife decision to dress up and look all pretty going into the barn and having Lennie touch her hair affected her …show more content…

George and Lennie is in their room while the other men are with Curly trying to find Curley’s wife. George and Lennie are talking about their dream of getting a ranch to have a better life once they make their own money.George says,”We gotta get a big stake together.”(56). George wants a better life for himself and Lennie. Even though before his dream could come true it is affected by the person he cares about the most. George and Lennie are at the deep green pool of the Salinas River where George is having a conversation with Lennie. George is telling Lennie that he is not mad at him for killing Curley’s wife. Although in George’s mind he knows their plan to have their own ranch is ruined. George says,”No,said George,” No Lennie.I ain’t mad. I never been mad. An I’ ain’t now. Thats a thing I want you to know.” (106). George’s decision to believe that Lennie would not mess up affected his

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