Of Mice and Men: Curley and his Wife

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Of Mice and Men: Curley and his Wife
  1. No one likes Curley
    1. Curley is very jumpy
      1. Curley is not happily married
        1. The men have lots to say about Curley's wife
          1. All of the men on the Ranch (apart from Slim) are wary of Curley's wife, due to her being flirty
            1. The men know of they flirt back, then the will get into trouble with Curley and he will want a fight
            2. Even though the men aren't nice to her, she doesn't leave them alone
              1. She constantly shows up in the bunk house
              2. The men call her "jail bait" and a "rattrap"
                1. In some extent, this turns out to be true, with Lennie being lured into her and resulting to both of their deaths
              3. Curley's wife is an attractive women
                1. She wears lots of make up and is proud of her "soft hair"
                  1. Lennie says, "she's pruty"
                  2. Lennie is amazed and dazzled by her glamour and beauty
                    1. Curley's wife is another soft thing that Lennie wants to touch
                    2. She wears a lot of red clothing. Red lips, red fingernails and red shoes
                      1. This links back to the girl in Weed, who was wearing a red dress
                    3. She isn't happy living at the Ranch
                      1. She is very lonely. She is the only women on the Ranch and none of the men talk to her
                        1. Also she doesn't spend lots of time with her husband. He even went to the Brothel
                        2. She just wants to have some sort of company. She pretends to look for Curley, but only wants to talk to the other men
                          1. "Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while?"
                        3. Curley' wife is...
                          1. Pretty: "She's purty"
                            1. Lonely: "I get awful lonely"
                              1. Flirtatious: "She got the eye goin' all the time on everybody"
                              2. Curley is...
                                1. Insecure: "You seen a girl around here?"
                                  1. Aggressive: "He's alla time picking scraps with big guys"
                                    1. Disliked: "This guy Curley sounds like a son-of-a-bitch to me. I don't like mean little guys"
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