Of Mice and Men
The atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse, so far, has been a mix of negative and positive because bad and good encounters had happened. Some negative encounters were with The Boss, Curley's Wife, and Curley. When George and Lennie were with The Boss, The Boss scolded at them for being late, which was a bad start. When George and Lennie met Curley it was bad. Curley and George were shouting at each other and Curley was shouting at Lennie, it was a bad first impression. Meeting Curley's Wife was bad because Lennie has a crush on her. Lennie having a crush on her might lead to future conflict in the story. There's one other event that made this negative which was Slim mentioning he had to drown four newborn puppies.
The atmosphere of the ranch and the bunkhouse is also positive because the had some good encounters, too. One of these good encounters would be meeting Slim and Carlson. These two character seemed to be friends with each other and are both friendly, unlike Curley. Slim and Carlson welcomed them to the place, asked some questions about them, and more thing considered to be friendly. Another event that was mention that was positive was Slim's dog giving birth to nine puppies.
I think Curley's wife doesn't have a name because John Steinbeck is trying to send the message that women weren't respected. At that time like black people and women were treated as if they weren't equal. At the time women were treated a little like an object. In the book they even use derogatory language towards her. This shows that she was disrespected behind her back. John Steinbeck not giving her a name shows that attitude towards the women.
The atmosphere of the ranch and the bunkhouse is also positive because the had some good encounters, too. One of these good encounters would be meeting Slim and Carlson. These two character seemed to be friends with each other and are both friendly, unlike Curley. Slim and Carlson welcomed them to the place, asked some questions about them, and more thing considered to be friendly. Another event that was mention that was positive was Slim's dog giving birth to nine puppies.
I think Curley's wife doesn't have a name because John Steinbeck is trying to send the message that women weren't respected. At that time like black people and women were treated as if they weren't equal. At the time women were treated a little like an object. In the book they even use derogatory language towards her. This shows that she was disrespected behind her back. John Steinbeck not giving her a name shows that attitude towards the women.
I agree with what you are saying on your blog. I think it makes sense that the bunkhouse has a negative and positive atmosphere and how Curley's wife does not have a name because women were not respected and John Steinback wanted to show this.
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