How does Steinbeck show sympathy to Curley's wife?

Answer 1

Steinbeck leads to us to believe that curley's wife had no indentity and is a prossession of curley. Her behaviour in the begining tells us of her behaviour before we meet her.Her physical description such as clothing, speech, movement language analysis . Inappropriate clothing for ranch. Symbolism of clothing. We might agree with the judgment that she is a Tart or jail bait.

she is lonely

Answer 2

Because Curley's Wife's entire personality is one based on prostitution and ignorance. Although she is a character in a fiction book, there are many women out in the real world with this same kind of behavior. John Steinbeck was trying to show us in detail the problems are society faces, and every character in his novel "Of Mice and Men" represents a problem people face (ex. Crooks shows racial discrimination/profiling of the time...ect.) Even the fact she has no name "Curley's Wife" suggests she is more of an item owned by Curley rather than a respectable person. She is a person of lust and greed, an obstacle all the good men in the book have to overcome. Many religions and beliefs teach to avoid the same thing.

Answer 3

Like most of the characters in Of Mice and Men, Curley's wife is excessively lonely. Curley gives her little attention--certainly not positive attention.

Curley's wife had dreams of stardom in Hollywood and claimed to have been invited to join a director to be part of a film. However, she believes her mother threw away a letter that would give her instructions where to go to try her hand in the pictures. She is resentful and, as a result, runs away to marry Curley (despite not being in love). Because she does not love him, she seeks the attention of other men.

Answer 4

With the exception, perhaps, to the boss, all characters in Of Mice and Men are in some way motivated by the need of companionship.

George needs Lennie

Lennie needs George

Curley needs (to possess) his wife

Curley's wife needs (attention from) all male characters

Crooks needs Lennie

Candy needs his dog

Slim needs George

Whit needs (to talk to) George

And so forth...

Answer 5

Steinbeck shows sympathy towards Curley's wife by revealing her loneliness and unfulfilled dreams. He portrays her as a woman trapped in a loveless marriage and seeking companionship, ultimately foreshadowing her tragic fate. Through her conversations with other characters, Steinbeck sheds light on the societal limitations that contributed to her unhappiness, garnering sympathy from readers for her circumstances.

Answer 6

Curley's wife has no respect, no identity and no future. she is lonely and wants attention. this makes the reader sympathize with her.