Curleys Burning Anger Analysis - 718 Words

Curley’s Burning Anger â€Å"Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned,† Gautama Buddha. Spiritual leader, Buddha, made this statement during his successful lifetime in the 6th century B.C. Curley is a character who deals with anger and making threatening actions. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie have always dreamed about living with their own far, home, and land. But as Lennie has some sort of mental issues, he doesnt always understand the consequences to his actions. On the ranch, Lennie and George meet Curley and automatically feel threatened by him. Curley doesnt understand Lennie’s mental issues and the struggles he†¦show more content†¦And when he got upset he became aggressive with Lennie very quickly. Another piece of evidence is, â€Å"Curly burst into the room excitedly. â€Å"Any of you seen my wife† he demanded.† (Steinbeck 53). The fact that Curley walked into the room very forcefully and demanded to know where is wife is, gives us evidence that Curley can be aggressive towards others. Overall, Curley’s actions go to shows how he can be very unfriendly towards other characters in the book. In the book Of Mice and Men , the character Curley is shown to be physical. A lot of evidence to support this was seen in chapter 3. On page 63 it says â€Å"He slashed at Lennie with his left, and the down his nose with his right. Lennie gave a cry of terror. Blood welled from his nose.† (Steinbeck 63). All of this proves that Curley can be physical because in this scene, he punched Lennie in the face. By the text, the readers can tell Curley hurt Lennie pretty bad. As Lennie had blood all over his face. Also on page 63 it states, â€Å"Lennie covered his face with huge paws and bleated with terror. He cried, â€Å"Make ‘um stop, George.† Then Curley attacked his stomach and cut off his wind.†(Steinbeck 63). This is important because in the scene the readers get to see the real Curley. The readers then understand how he gets angry very fast, and physical with others very quickly as well. In the end, all of this goes to show how Curleys actions can