rleys wife begins to peruse George and Lennie much more avidly as her next victims. I believe Curleys wife to be an attention-seeking woman who didnt understand how to go about being friendly without using her body. Deep down inside all she really wanted was to be loved and adored by everyone, but having a disapproving mother, being lied to all her life, and marrying an abusive husband whom she didnt really love, kept her from all of those things. Curleys wife figured out that Lennie broke Curleys hand and that they were involved in some sort of fight. She asked George about it, but he simply ignored her, and when she asked Lennie about it, he tried to do the same, but couldnt because he didnt know any better. He gave her the same answer George gave her, yet his excuse was much less believable because of his mannerisms and the bruises that mysteriously appeared on his face. (76)One day Lennie is in the barn tending to the pup that George gave him until they could get their rabbits and he ends up killing it. (83) Lennie feels so bad about this that he tries talking to the pup to get it to wake up. He simply cannot understand what he did and wants so bad to live his dream with George and Candy that he tries to hide the pup under the hay in the barn. Yet, in the middle of his hiding the pup Curleys wife comes in and asks him what hes doing. She proceeds to open her heart to Lennie and tell him things she has never told anyone before. She tells him of how she wanted to be an actress in Hollywood and how she wanted to be known and loved by everyone, but instead she married Curley who, aint a nice fella.(86) She feels closeness to Lennie because of the way she knows both of them have been treated throughout their lives. However in her feeling sorry for Lennie, she mistakenly lets him touch her soft hair for too long a time and he begins to get rough with her. Curleys wife becomes frightened and begins to scream, which only allows Len...
