Outline For Curley's Wife
Curley’s Wife
In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck creates characters that play important roles throughout the story that contribute to themes and connect readers to an overall focus. Curley’s wife, a minor, but significant character in the story, contributes to the theme and is partly responsible for Lennie’s death. Her sinful actions and petty personality make her a character that isn’t respected by others and is known for being trouble around the ranch. Disregarding her flirtations ways and overall self-absorbance, her dreams of a promising future are destroyed. Her gaudy appearance and constant search for Curley makes the men on the ranch view her as a cheater and inappropriate woman. However, after hearing her story, some of …show more content…
“She had...wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages...She wore...red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers”(31). B. Unfaithful to Curley i. gains nothing but pity from the men C. Her story i. small note leading to next paragraph
III. Loneliness trait A. Being Curley’s wife i. never listened to ii. only talk about Curley iii. he doesn’t care about her B. Ruined dreams i. no one to talk to, nothing to look forward to ii. “‘Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely’”(86). C. Uses appearance to feel something i. can’t be appreciated with personality ii. dresses nice to find someone that will appreciate her
IV. Analysis of Curley’s wife A. Significance i. Lennie’s death ii. loss of negativity iii. “Curley’s wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay. And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face...she was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young”(93). B. Loss of dreams i. not only her dreams ii. no farm C. Tie in to the novel i. dreams of mice and men...awry
V. Conclusion
(points and tie in to how Curley’s wife is minor character with major
In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck creates characters that play important roles throughout the story that contribute to themes and connect readers to an overall focus. Curley’s wife, a minor, but significant character in the story, contributes to the theme and is partly responsible for Lennie’s death. Her sinful actions and petty personality make her a character that isn’t respected by others and is known for being trouble around the ranch. Disregarding her flirtations ways and overall self-absorbance, her dreams of a promising future are destroyed. Her gaudy appearance and constant search for Curley makes the men on the ranch view her as a cheater and inappropriate woman. However, after hearing her story, some of …show more content…
“She had...wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages...She wore...red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers”(31). B. Unfaithful to Curley i. gains nothing but pity from the men C. Her story i. small note leading to next paragraph
III. Loneliness trait A. Being Curley’s wife i. never listened to ii. only talk about Curley iii. he doesn’t care about her B. Ruined dreams i. no one to talk to, nothing to look forward to ii. “‘Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely’”(86). C. Uses appearance to feel something i. can’t be appreciated with personality ii. dresses nice to find someone that will appreciate her
IV. Analysis of Curley’s wife A. Significance i. Lennie’s death ii. loss of negativity iii. “Curley’s wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay. And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face...she was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young”(93). B. Loss of dreams i. not only her dreams ii. no farm C. Tie in to the novel i. dreams of mice and men...awry
V. Conclusion
(points and tie in to how Curley’s wife is minor character with major