In John Steinbeck’s historical fiction novel, Of Mice and Men, we meet Curley’s wife; someone to look at. “Wait till you see Curley’s wife.” Some people may think. A person with bestowed power, but is that power alone enough? Though, she comes off as nothing more than a whore, she is longing to fulfill her dream of becoming someone bigger than she is.
Curley’s wife feels stuck where she is-unhappy, and although her life is simple, she has no worries. She would like to move onto bigger-and-better things. She met a man from Hollywood who was going to write her but she “Never got that letter”. She would like to go to Hollywood and “[be] in the movies and [have] nice clothes.” Dressing up, doing her makeup, and accentuating her body is her way of getting the attention she would, if she were to be famous. She seeks men for this attention because she knows from them, she will most likely get it.
To others Curley’s wife is exactly that. Curley’s wife. She doesn’t show a lot of moral value, so therefore she’s not such a value to anyone. Sure she’s on a pedestool for being Curley’s wife, but referring back to the movie, was there a lot of emotion coming from Curley when she died? Not quite. To him, she was a dime piece to today’s society.
“Do you know what I could to you?” She knows the power she has, and she uses it to her ability. She attacks the people she knows she can belittle; they are incapable of sticking up for themselves for they know that if it came down to their word or hers, she would win undoubtedly. “Yeah, I just tend the horses” crooks being an easy target, because he’s black. Lennie is also in the line of fire, mainly because most people know he’s slow.
Conclusively, her dream is evident throughout the story. She is unhappy with her life as is. She needs more going for her.
Maybe she just wants a name :p
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