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Curley's wife acts in an intimidating and discriminating manner towards Crooks.She turned on him(Crooks) in scorn. "Listen, Ni*ger," she said. " You know what I can do to you if you open your trap?"...
She closed on him." You know what I could do?...Well you keep you place then. Ni*ger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny"
For a moment she stood over him as though she was waiting for him to move so that she could whip at him again...(pg. 80)
She treats him badly because he is black and the only black person on the ranch.
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∙ 14y ago
Curley's wife behaves in a flirtatious manner around the ranch workers because she is lonely and seeking attention. She is isolated on the ranch and her marriage to Curley is unhappy, so she craves companionship and validation from others. Her actions are a way to find connection and escape her feelings of loneliness.
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∙ 13y agoVery attention seeking - she acts / dresses as of she wants attention from all the men on the ranch.
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∙ 12y agoA flirtatious woman, wanted to be an actress, rouged lips, red fingernails, rolled-clustered hair, nasal brittle quality voice, always looking for Curly, starts trouble, risk taker
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∙ 14y agoIn John Steinbeck's book 'Of Mice and Men' Curley's wife doesn't do much. Whenever she is mentioned she is seen hanging around the men's quarters at the ranch.
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∙ 13y agoShe's lonely.
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∙ 13y agonone!
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Why does Lennie leaves curleys wife in the barn but takes the dead puppy to the river?
Lennie leaves Curley's wife in the barn because he accidentally killed her in a fit of panic. He takes the dead puppy to the river because he wants to give it a proper burial, as he doesn't understand the severity of his actions towards the puppy in the same way he does with Curley's wife.
How does Lennie see curleys wife?
He admits that he thinks she's 'purty' aka. pretty. So he sees her as being attractive but probably not in a sexual way.
What was supposedly in curleys glove?
In John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men," Curley's glove was filled with vaseline to keep his hand soft for his wife. It is suggested that he uses it as a way to manipulate and control others.
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No, not yet anyway. they seem to act that way though, huh?
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Curley's wife rushes to marry Curley because she is lonely and seeking attention on the isolated ranch. She believes marriage will offer her a way out of the stifling environment and provide her with companionship. Additionally, it is suggested that her relationship with Curley may have been motivated by a desire to rebel against her family or pursue a life different from her past.
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George plans to make it seem like Curley's wife's death was an accident by staging it as if she was killed trying to reach for Lennie's hair when he was defending himself. By framing it in a way that Lennie was protecting himself, George hopes to avoid any blame or suspicion falling on Lennie or himself.
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Curley's wife married Curley because she was lonely and seeking attention. She viewed marrying Curley as a way to escape her dreary life on the ranch and find companionship, even though their relationship was ultimately unhappy and lacking in true connection.
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That sounds like an underhanded way of being unfaithful to your wife.
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Resource Management System
