Does John Steinbeck Condemn or Condone Curley’s Wife?By Amal Alami

Does John Steinbeck Condemn or Condone Curley’s Wife?
By Amal Alami

Condemn: To judge someone to be guilty to say you disapprove. Condone: to pardon, forgive or over look.
So which one of these words does John Steinbeck use for Curley’s wife, in the novel based on the Californian Grain Farms in the 1930’s ‘Of Mice and Men’?

The novel in mainly based on ‘the ranch’. At the ranch men were only present except for ‘Curley’s wife’ (Curley is the boss’s son). Curley’s wife first appearance in the novel gave her a judgemental view on her.
‘She had full, rouged lips and wide spread eyes,
heavily made up. Her finger nails were red.’
This description of her gave us an instant opportunity to judge her from her first appearance as a either an innocent attractive lady, or a made up tart looking for attention which will only lead her to trouble. Most people would have been bias and instantly judge her as a tart as she fits in the stereotype of a tart perfectl...