How much sympathy does the reader feel

Curlers married woman is a character in the novel Of mice and workforce set in California and written in 1937 by John Steinbeck. She is the solo woman on a scatter of itinerant working men, and because of this she gets treated by each man in a different manner. Most of the men treat her in a negative way, therefore causing different degrees of sympathy from the reader. Sympathy implies that the reader feelings an emotional connection towards the character. Her unhappy marriage to the bosss give-and-take causes her great loneliness and unhappiness as she tries, in vain, to find someone to talk to on the ranch.The reader may feel certain degrees of sympathy for Curleys married woman due to the fact that the ranch workers are always talking behind her back. This is shown when Candy is talking about her to George and Lennie in the bunkhouse when they arrive. He states that he thinks Curleys married a tart. This quotation could cause reall(a)y strong feelings against Curlers wife, as she seems to have a re be sickation amongst the men for being flirtatious. The noun tart might infer that Curleys wife is a promiscuous character who flirts with all of the ranch workers.It could also imply that she is lways tarted up and making an effort to look attractive in front of the men. Candys opinion seems harsh, which could give the ranch workers extremely negative feelings towards Curlers wife, as they assume she is a flirtatious attention seeker. However, the reader may feel tender-hearted towards Curlers wife because she is labelled as a tart and so the ranch workers dont look past her appearance to get to know her spirit.In this quotation, Candy pauses before completing the phrase, which could suggest that he is disturbed towards voicing his opinion about Curleys wife. This would be understandable, as most of the ranch workers seem intimidated by Curley and insulting his wife may result in a fght or losing their Job. Some might think that this quotation reveals that Curlers wife is inc goingibly lonely, as the ranch workers are prejudiced against her from the minute they get to the ranch, so this implies that it must be hard for her to make friends.She is the only woman on the ranch and seems to have trouble fitting in. She may be seen as very glamorous and sne could wish well to get dressed up tor tun, as it would make ner teel like a movie star, which is her dream. Overall, I think this quotation causes a richly level of sympathy from the reader towards Curleys wife, because the ranch workers Judge her and dont try to get to know her personality. The Judgement as to whether Curlers wife is malicious or kind lies with the readers sensing of her characters description and actions in the novella.When Curlers wife first appears in the novel in the bunkhouse scene, the reader is presented with an in-depth description of her appearance with multiple references to the colour red. This is expressed through quotations like she had full rouged lips and her fingernails were painted red. These declarative phrases could imply that she is an evil temptress who is not to be trusted and attracts lots of attention, which could be either cherished or unwanted on her part. Contrary to this, the colour red is a passionate, loving colour which could present her as a kind, affectionate character.The adjective red is however sometimes associated with the devil and malice, which links to the bible, as evil was introduced into the world when Eve was tempted by the snake, so by dressing in red Curleys wife could be presenting herself as a temptation to the male ranch workers throughout the novella. Also, Curleys wife has some aspects of her personality that imply softness, for example little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. These feathers are a significant part of Curleys wifes appearance, because the reader knows of Lennies fascination and admiration of soft objects.This feature of her appearance could portray a more attractive perso nality because the ostrich feathers create a gentle, toned-down persona for her character, which may cause a higher level of sympathy from the reader because the ranch workers treat her as if she is raunchy and manipulative, which could be a prejudice based on her appearance. Towards the end of her initial introduction, Curleys wife addresses George playfully, with could portray her as an intentionally promiscuous character. She is known around the ranch for teasing the male ranch workers and being apparently disloyal to Curley.The adjective playfully could cause the reader to feel unappealing towards Curleys wife, because she may give the men bastard hope by flirting and acting in a promiscuous way when she is around them. On the opposite hand, Curleys wife flirting could be see as unintentional, harmless conversations and friendships between her and the ranchworkers. This would be understandable ecause as she mentions later in the novella in Crooks room, she gets awful lonely on the ranch. Curleys wife is seen by everyone on the ranch as a sexual object, due to her makeup and clothes.Whenever she tries to interact with any of the workers, they assume she is flirting and spread rumours about her, however she may Just be a lonely woman on a ranch full of men. Curley regards her as an item that he possesses ownership over, and so he is always looking for her to make sure she isnt with any of the other men. This shows that Curley doesnt trust his wife, and so their relationship and marriage isnt a happy one. In chapter tour, the ranch workers go out to a brothel in the local town, leaving Lennie, Crooks, Candy and Curlers wife at the ranch.In Crooks room, where the men are talking, Curleys wife comes in and states that They left all the weak ones here, which shows the hierarchy of the ranch and highlights the fact that nobody wants to be with the weak ones at the bottom of the hierarchy. The reader may feel highly unsympathetic towards Curlers wife because she says cruel, cutting things when she can. She says that they left all the weak ones here, but it isnt clear whether she is including herself in that group or not. If she meant to include herself, the reader may feel sympathetic towards her because she feels that she is a weak person at the bottom of the hierarchy.This reflects the way she is treated by the male population on the ranch because she is constantly put down and distrusted when she Just wants to make friends. On the other hand, if she was leaving herself out of the weak ones group, this may cause the reader to feel unsympathetic towards her because she is offending Candy, Crooks and Lennie, when they havent purposely done anything to offend or anger her. This quotation could also cause the reader to feel unsympathetic owards Curleys wife because she has two different personalities.When she is around Curley and other people who are higher in the hierarchy, she lets them disrespect her and treat her in a negative manner, however when she is around people who are lower in the hierarchy than her, she brings out a side to her that is evil and cutting, and so would make the reader feel unsympathetic towards her. However, this may make the reader feel sympathetic towards her because she never gets the chance to look down on anyone, she is always treated like she is the lowest of the low, therefore she makes the most of being higher while she can.