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Even though Curleys wife may seem always coquettish as she goes around
talking to the ranchmen, she actually has such a hollow heart and is so
insignificant that Steinbeck has not given her a name, meaning her purpose (or
the purpose of women in Of Mice and Men), was to provide entertainment and
delectation for men. On top of that, it might advocate that because of her
nugatory that she is Curleys property. Yet, the situation is quite ironic as she
frequently finds him to avoid him. She did not have a person whom she could
pour her secrets out, which caused her to find the ranchmen, and she is similar
to them in many ways. For example, she also has a dream, even if it was being a
movie star, and she was using her body to strive for it by sex, instead of bucking
barley at a ranch to try and buy a few acres of land to farm and have freedom.
Consequently, Steinbeck has meritoriously communicated the theme of
loneliness by describing two characters that seem juxtaposing yet are verily
kindred.