Curley

Curley

In part 2 of Of Mice and Men, many new characters were introduced into the story. Curley was introduced in the book on pg. 25 as the boss' son. He is a thin young man with a brown face and eyes, he has a head of tightly curled hair and wears high-heeled boots just like the boss. The high-heeled boots symbolizes that Curley wants to be treated like a boss and that he wants to be better than everybody else. Curley's disposition is cold, mean and harsh because "He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie" (Steinbeck 25) when he first met them. Curley is also intimidated by big guys, so that is why he told George to "Let the big guy talk" when he was referring to Lennie (Steinbeck 25) We learned about Curley by how he talked to the new people on the ranch (George and Lennie) and how he carried himself as a person in general. I think Curley's role in the story is to provide a challenging time on the ranch for George and Lennie, and he will get in the way of Lennie's dreams for having a farm. I think Curley's bitter personality may lead to future fights because he is already making George "scared I'm gonna tangle with that bas****myself" (Steinbeck 37). I am interested to see what obstacles Curley will provide for George and Lennie as they work on the ranch.