Curley's Wife Character Analysis Essay

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“In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.” - John Steinbeck. Curley throughout the story, whenever he came in, there was always a negative vibe going on. Events he’s in, usually goes downhill for him or some other major character, he’s always bringing out bad events in the story, from when he wants to kill people, from when he wants to hurt people, Curley is someone who brings bad events to him, and the characters around him. Curley’s actions throughout the story has proved him to be a belligerent, unemotional, and cocky character. Curley’s belligerence is a character trait that is the reason he does many of the things he does throughout the book. He picked a fight with someone he knows is weak. Lennie looked helplessly at George, and then he got up and tried to retreat. Curley was balanced and poised. He slashed at …show more content…

“Curley came suddenly to life. “I know who done it,” he cried. “That big son of-a-bitch done it. I know he done it…… “I’m gonna shoot the guts outa that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get ‘im.” (47-48 online) As you can see even though his wife died, and he should care about the loss of his loved one, he just wants to shoot Lennie indicating he may have never loved his wife making him emotionless. He also wanted to watch a helpless man suffer. Curley after he sees that his wife is dead, instantly blames Lennie for her death, says he’s going to shoot him in the guts then gets everyone riled up. (47 online) Well, to start off, shooting someone in the guts would cause a slow and painful death that anyone would suffer to, and someone with emotions would be uneasy with shooting someone and watching them suffer, except Curley, he is emotionless/unemotional. From the way Curley “cared” about his wife’s death, to the the way he wanted to kill Lennie, Curley is an unemotional character in the

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