Monica Corcoro. Posting 3. Of Mice and Men

I feel that Curly is one of those characters that will start to dislike people such as George and Lennie in the beginning, but then warm up to them by the end. I say that because when he first meets George and Lennie, he starts to speculate both of them; as if he showed that they were being despised immediately. That made me think that Curly may be the kind of guy that does not like anyone and he probably won’t for a long time. But Candy tells George and Lennie that he has only been this grumpy ever since he married his flirtatious wife. Ever since then, he has been interrogating big men, such as Lennie, to start a fight with him.

I think Curly has a low self-esteem because he always wants to pick a fight with some of the bigger men, when he is small. It is as if he thinks he’s better than them just because they are bigger and taller. Like what Candy said “Curly’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys kind of like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy.” (Pg. 26)

I think Curly might be one of those people where they have sharpening-up to do (emotionally) throughout the story. It is quite obvious that he is not well-liked by many people, such as Candy, mainly because of his toughness. George even warns Lennie to watch out for sight of Curly so that they won’t get into a fight, and lose their jobs (Pg. 29). I have a feeling that he might learn to be less uptight, and more accepting towards people by the end of the book.