Characterization...

Secondary Character: Curley's wife

Quote 1: "She has full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up."
Quote 2: "Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages."
Quote 3: "She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers."


The way Curley's wife is described in this chapter, it tells the reader that she is a house wife and definitely not a worker. These descriptions show the reader that she is somewhat rich and that she can afford expensive items such as dresses, make-up and hair stuff. It also tells the reader that she basically lives off of the wealth of her husband, Curley.