Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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“He says I could go to that show, But my ol’ lady wouldn’t let me. She says I could’. If I’d gone, I wouldn’t be livin’ like this, you bet” (Stienbeck,88) .This was spoken by Curley’s wife because when she was talking to Lennie, she wanted to let him know where her life went wrong and she ended up where she is now. Curley’s wife’s life is full of loneliness and struggles, and the main reasons are how her life is controlled by one man, she is the only women on the ranch, and she sits in her room alone with no communication because she has no friends. Curley’s wife life is controlled by one man. He does not give her the freedom a woman should have. That relates to me because all of my choices are made by my dad so I do not get the …show more content…
The same way Curley doesn’t really let her interact with other men, my dad doesn’t let me talk to boys. Curley’s wife still talks to the other men behind
Curley’s back even though she is not supposed to. I date boys behind my dad’s back, knowing
I’m not supposed to. Curley’s wife is also the only women on the ranch and this relates to me because I am also the only girl at home. Curley’s wife is the only women on the ranch because the ranch is full of men and it is her husband’s job so she has to live there and since she is his wife she needs to live there with him. I am the only girl at home because I have no siblings, my dad and his friend are the only men in the house. I live there because he owns the house and I have to live with him because I’m his