Part 4

4. Curley’s wife reveals several times throughout her appearance in Section 4 that she is in the same exact state of mind as these men (i.e. LONELY) – where did we see evidence of this?

In part four of Of Mice and Men, Curley's wife reveals a different personality that wasn't shown when Curley was near her. When Curley's wife joins Candy, Lennie, and Crooks during their talk, she talks about her loneliness and why she was always wanting attention from the men. "Think I don't like to talk to someone ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" (77). This shows that Curley's wife is wanting to engage and explore the outer world, and not just stay at home doing work. She explains how she is lonely and has nobody to talk to except sometimes to Curley. She wants to go out and meet people, but since Curley's too protective of her and the other men don't like her because they know she's trouble, she has nothing to do. Curley's wife's excuse for going outside is to look for Curley, when really she wants attention. I think that because of her loneliness, she's going to cause trouble with one of the men, specifically Lennie, because he isn't sure what to do all the time when there's trouble.