Explore the Relationship Shown Towards Curley’s Wife by Crooks and Candy

Explore the relationship shown towards Curleys married wo valet de chambre by Crooks and Candy. Section 4 In the extract given Crooks and Candy talk to Curleys married woman. In the extract we see Curleys wife approach crooks and Candy and we see the relationship between them and how it explores how they have no respect for Curleys wife.In the extract crooks approaches and insults Curleys wife, which is quite significant as he is a black man and in the 1930s Many black people were not respected and hard-boiled badly so the fact he has the courage to stand up to Curleys wife suggests that he loathes her and does not care whether he gets in troubles as he disrespects her and does not care about her, this suggests that the relationship between crooks and Curleys wife is that Crooks is not showing any respect to Curleys wife even though he is black and she is white which states that he doesnt care about hierarchy if someone is disloyal to their husband.Candy also has a similar relations hip with Curleys wife as he also gets dotty when she enters crooks room he shows if you were to do that wed tell this suggests that even though he does not get angry and even though he is a fragile old man he still believes that he can tell off Curleys wife however he then backs down as he realises that a black man and an old fragile man cannot do anything against her so they twain back down and we see the true nature of Curleys wife as she gets angry.When Candy and Crooks start to retaliate against Curleys wife she becomes angry and authorative as she says to crooks comprehend nigger you know what I can do to you if you open your trap the fact Steinbeck uses words like nigger suggests she does not respect him at all told and believes is not worth anything and she then refers to his mouth being a trap which suggests that she thinks that he is not supposed to be respected and his mouth is like a trap as it will get her trapped if he says anything but it can also be seen as a ins ult as it is so disgusting it traps anything so we see that there is no respect towards Crooks.However when she approaches Candy she is slightly more respectful as he is white and old so she cannot be mean but rather she threatens him as she sys nobodyd listen to you which threatens him as she says that even if she did something nobody would trust a old man or a Nigger Lennie is also present in the room while this conversation is going on however he does not say anything as previously in the book George told him to tab away from her but Lennie does say I wishGeorge was here this states that he feels insecure and troubled with her around her and wants George there for advice and protection which reinstates his innocence towards anyone however glass does comfort him as he says dont you worry none which suggests that Candy cares and wants to look after Lennie as he is his new business partner in their true American dream towards buying their own ranch, however this shows how curleys wife scares Lennie as he was told to stay away he finds her scary and as he wants to tend the rabbits doesnt want to get in trouble.To conclude the relationship between curleys wife and crooks and candy is, Crooks and candy stand up to her as they hate and disrespect her so much for being disloyal however as crooks is a nigger and candy is an old man they find out they have no poor to the ranch bosss sons wife so they commiserate there is nothing to do about her so they just silently hate her and dont say anything as they know they have no authority over her, so for the safety of their life and job they do nothing.