Along
with the importance of friendship and the American dream, the pain of loneliness is a major
theme in 's novella . While most of the characters deal with some level of
loneliness, Curley's wife is particularly characterized as being lonely.
Because she is the only girl on a ranch full of men, she is isolated. Most of the men are
basically afraid of her, partly because she is young and pretty, but also because of the
belligerent nature of her husband. When she tries to talk to them they are aloof and refer to
her with derision labeling her with names such as tart, tramp, floozy and jailbait. She is
neglected by Curley who is always supposedly looking for her which seems to be just an excuse to
terrorize the men who work for his father. He probably mistreats her and even cheats on her as
evidenced by the fact she is alone on Saturday night while Curley has gone into town, presumably
to a whore house. Because of this she seeks attention from the other men...
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