Comment on the characters of Crook and Curly's Wife in 'Of Mice and Men'.

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The characters in the book mice and men are unable to escape their loneliness. The novel Mice and Men is about two friends called Lennie and George. They are looking for a job to earn money to buy their dream farm. This story is based on what life was like in the 19th Century. The characters in the novel are so lonely that John Steinbeck seems to show the natural reality of loneliness and the impact that it can have on people and how the characters are forced to live their life this way, because they have no escape route.

Curley’s wife is the only female character in the novel. Curley’s wife she is never given a name and, she is only mentioned in reference to her husband. As she’s the only woman on the ranch, she is lonely and sad because she has nobody to talk to. The men on the ranch refer to her as a ‘tart’ and a ‘tramp’. She dresses up and wears a lot of makeup. The colours of her nails were red. This was seen as sin in those days. Since she is the only woman on the ranch is set apart from others. Steinbeck shows us that Curley’s wife is lonely, and she is disliked by her husband Curley.

Curley’s wife might get lonely because she says she has nobody to talk to because, she is the only woman on the ranch and she says “I get lonely” this shows us that she has no one to talk to and she feels isolated from everyone else because, everyone ignores her and no one trusts her she also says “I never get to talk to nobody” this shows us that Curley’s wife, doesn’t fit in and she is disliked and the other members of the ranch see her as a ‘tart’. This also shows that no one cares about her existence and they believe that she is looking for trouble to seek attention. This shows us that she has nobody to socialise with.

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I feel sorry for Curley’s wife because she is the only woman on the ranch and no one cares about her. She feels isolated because her husband Curley isn’t nice to her because she says “I can’t talk to nobody but Curley “this shows us that she has nobody and Curley is not interested in her, which causes her to feel lonely and sad for something her marriage to Curley makes worse. Also because she is the only woman on the ranch she is set apart from others. This shows that she has nobody to socialise with. Curley her own ...

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