Curley's Wife And Crooks Struggles

In the afternoon of August 26th, 1930, two horrible and unfortunate deaths have occurred on a ranch near the Gabilan Mountains. The victim was the daughter in law of the ranch’s owner. (Due to her husband’s will, we are not to publish her name). She was in the barn house when killed by Lennie Small, a mentally retarded worker that just came to the ranch few days prior to this incident. Lennie left the ranch not long after the murder, but was soon chased down by the ranchers, including the first victim’s husband and several other men, and got shot in the head by his former partner, George Milton, on the bank of an anonymous river.

Crooks was marginalized because of his race; this symbolized the marginalization of the black community during this era. Firstly,he couldn’t play cards with the other men or go into the bunkhouse because he was black. Secondly, he sleeps in the barn with all of the horses. Even though he is injured and it is hard for him to walk, he still had to work everyday. Since he was always by himself, Crooks was probably always lonely and that was also a struggle for most of the characters."Well, you keep your place then, nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny."(p120) Curley’s wife threatened to have him hung and she would never have said that to any of the other workers. She had just said that because he was black and she needed to feel control over someone. Out of all the men on the ranch, Lennie was the only one that ever talked to him or tried to talk to him. When Curley's wife talked to him, it was always rudely or to call him

A Saint or a Demon Was Curley's wife a victim or a danger to the world dominated by men? Well, some facts must be stated about Curley's wife before it is possible to analyze which category she fits in. She was a young girl who had several chances to stardom, but her mother always discouraged her. She later married the man in the story known as Curly.

The only way George knew how to deal with him was letting roam around unsupervised .The day Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife, he is left all alone, unattended while George and the other guys play horseshoes this . He could have stopped the event from ending so badly if he just let Lennie watch them play or give him a small thing to do to keep him distracted keeping his eyesight. George may care for Lennie, but he fails to keep him safe . An example is when Curley out anger and embarrassment punches Lennie over and over in the gut and the stomach instead of helping Lennie, he just sits back and tell him to fight back. This shows how he would rather prove a point of him being able to fight his own battles then actually helping him out of danger. On one hand Lennie was able to squeeze his hand and subdued him, but on the other hand Lennie is not mentally an adult is severely mentally challenged and has a huge

Another one of Lennie's character traits is that he is reliant. Lennie demonstrates this trait various times in the book because he relies too much on George. One of the times when Lennie is reliant is when he relies on George to tell him what to say. George tells Lennie what to say because they think if their employer knows about what Lennie did in the other town he might not want them around. In this case Lennie relies on George to tell him what to say because George and Lennie want the job, so in case Lennie messes up George can cover for him. Lennie is also reliant when he and George are by the Salinas River and they are camping out. “Lennie just stood there while George gathered the food and fire wood” (page 12). This is important because Lennie relies on George to provide food and warmth. A final example of why Lennie is reliant is when George tells Lennie that he can’t ever talk or make any contact with Curley’s wife. “She said

The 1818 book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the 1972 movie Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks both portray the differences in feminism regarding the cultural times through the character of Elizabeth. When Mary Shelley wrote the book Frankenstein, she was on a mission to pursue equal rights in education for her daughter. In Shelley's time, the only way to show feminine empowerment was to be literate and well-poised, which readers can see in certain passages featuring Elizabeth in Shelley's book. In the 1970's, when the movie Young Frankenstein was made, female empowerment was emphasized with a movement called “lipstick feminism”, which encouraged women to

The problem with Lennie was that he was mentally disabled, back in the 1930's people did not understand things like that, and had no clue about disabled people. Lennie was sweet and loved thing that were soft. Lennie would put himself in very dangerous situations and with disability he lacked the capacity to control himself physically. Lennie did not understand how strong he was and they damage he would do until after the fact. He also shares the dream of having the small farm and tending to his small rabbit hutch. Since Lennie is mentally disabled he depends on George for almost everything. Lennie is like a small child that has to a have a parent nearby always or he will get into

Crooks is always complaining about being lonely but when he has the chance to have power over Lennie he takes it by exploiting the fact that he knew Lennie would believe what he would say. Similarly, Crooks due to his low standing in the social pyramid gets taken advantage of often. During the same night that Crooks took power over Lennie, Curley's wife takes advantage over Crooks. Crooks wants her to get out of her room and Curley’s wife says, “Well you keep your place then nigger. I could get you strung on a tree so easily it’s not even funny.”

In the novella Of Mice and Men, the author Steinbeck expresses how power tangles around main characters. Both power and powerless are able to create positive and negative outcomes. There are Lennie Small and George Milton who show no restraint when it comes to power, Curley who suffers because of his greediness, and Slim who is in much better circumstance than all others due to his wisdom to withstand himself. Steinbeck demonstrates how those who do not realize they have to restrain themselves towards power above their ability will be more destructive than those who do.

“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.” This quote, once said by E. B. White, excellently states what the novel, Of Mice and Men, is trying to clearly state. Of Mice and Men is a profound novel that has many things to teach society. This novel, written by John Steinbeck, reflects many flaws in the world today. It mirrors many of the characteristics that every human possesses. Prejudice is still a common way of thinking in today’s society, and to the people who feel victimized, it can be hard to overcome. Curley’s wife, Lennie, and Crooks all deal with prejudice against themselves different ways.

Women commonly performed all the work that had to be done around the home. They rarely did other jobs and if so, they would work during the night. In the novel, Scout and Jem do not a have a mother so their father is required to help out more than a male usually would: “I know now what he was trying to do but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work” (Lee 179). Atticus was doing his best to live up to what a female would do, but it was very hard for him. Women work long and hard hours to keep up with their families needs and still have to work during the night to help provide money for their household. Sometimes women worked up to twenty hour days: “At twelve thirty sharp we have our dinner… one washes and irons here

Throughout most of the book Curley’s wife strikes us as a compelling and riveting character as we initially see her as a wicked character till those few seconds before she dies where you think, hey she might not be so bad after all. In the novel ‘of Of mice Mice and men’ Men’ Curley’s wife’s image is portrayed as a very sexual, flirtatious, cheeky and desperate. Steinbeck uses specific words, sentences and techniques to create the image of Curley’s wife as one that is very contrasting.

Societies that discriminate against the weak are unjust. In the novel Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, many characters are unfairly oppressed. Society treats Curley 's Wife poorly because she is a woman, Crooks because he is black and Lennie because he is disabled. In the end, intolerance leads to tragedy for each one of them.

In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, he illustrates that when someone is thought of as being different, they tend to be left in the dust and not taken care of properly. Throughout the book he sets the tone as being negative towards those who might not be fit into the social norms. The characters Crooks and Curley's wife are depicted as being isolated and lonely, almost like they are outcasts because of who they are as people, which suggests that isolation from the world can cause people to yearn for a sense of belonging and lose their self-worth.

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck emphasizes the division in social classes and social structure based on power. The novel and its themes are based around the characters’ interactions and decisions. Their motivations come directly from other characters, and the social construct on the ranch that controls the characters within the novel. Each character has their own journey of giving into the powers that control their society and lives which leads to each of their own inescapable demises.