OMAM Movie Blog 5/19

   Of Mice and Men Movie Thoughts and Analysis


In the movie, there were multiple scenes where dialogue was exchanged between George and Curley's Wife. These are two examples:

1)  In one scene, George was working inside the barn with the horses, when almost out of nowhere, Curley's Wife walks into the barn and she starts to talk to George. Her questions were quite unusual for a married woman to be asking to another person, asking him questions such as "Do you have a sweetheart back at home?". The persistent George is constantly responding to these questions with "No" with an upset facial expression. This conversation is eventually broken up when the suspicious Curley comes in a directs his wife outside.

2) The second scene takes place outside in the fields after the incident with Curley's hand. George and Lennie are working in the fields, and much like the previously mentioned scene, Curley's Wife appears to them out of nowhere. She tries to create conversation, but George and Lennie refuse to respond. She them becomes frustrated and starts to inquire about Curley's hand. George lies about the incident. Curley's Wife then becomes skeptical of George's claim and asks the same question to Lennie, but he also lies about the incident. After trying to generate even more unrelated conversation and being ignored or given negative attitude from the two, she runs back to the house, threatening to abandon everyone on the ranch and leave.

I believe these scenes were added into the movie to give the audience an idea of her loneliness. I believe this is because of her constant uninvited appearances to characters such as George and Lennie, that it details that she is lonely and in need of someone to talk to. But if these scenes were not added into the plot, we, the audience, would not know much about her feelings and desires.