Of Mice and Men

of mice and men ch.5

B) Discuss this quote from Curley’s wife: “Wha’s the matter with me? Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?…I don’t know why I can’t talk to you. I ain’t doin’ no harm to you?” (85). Restate what she is saying in your own words: What does this quote reveal about how she feels and what she struggles with?

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Whenever Curley's wife shows up we see her loneliness. It pours out of her in resentment and disillusion.

"I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely."

"What's the matter with me? Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody?"

"Seems like they ain't none of them cares how I gotta live".

Try to read what she is saying here. She blames others (rightly so) but feels so disenfranchised that she does not know who she is anymore.

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