Describe the atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse. Be sure to include characteristics of different characters that were formally or informally introduced to us in this chapter. Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation.
Why doesn't Curley's wife have a name? What message, if anything, is John Steinbeck trying to send by not giving her a first name? Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation.
The atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse are kind of mixed. What I mean about mixed is that some people give off a positive vibe, and the others, a negative one. Some of the positive or neutral characters were Candy, the boss, and Slim. The characters that didn't make the atmosphere feel as favorable were Curley and Carlson. The reason that Candy gave the bunkhouse and ranch a positive feeling was just because he was just nice to George and Lennie, the boss was also nice to them. In the text, it said, (about the boss) "Well he's a pretty nice fella. Gets pretty mad sometimes, but he's pretty nice." Lastly, for Slim, in the book it is said a lot that he is calm and easy to talk to. The reason that Carlson gave a negative vibe was because he was constantly talking about the bad things about Candy's dog. Curley; was certainly giving a negative atmosphere vibe because he would get mad easily and be very mean and rude; especially toward Lennie.
I think that their can be many reasons that Curley's wife doesn't have a name. One of the reasons is probably that John Steinbeck was probably trying to show that women weren't important at the time set in the book. Although, it could also have meant that she wasn't really an important character. Lastly, it could have simply meant that he couldn't think of a name for her, and he wanted to show that her being referred to as "Curley's Wife" to represent that she isn't that important.
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