Part 5: The past of Wife

In part five, Curley's Wife revels her long history. She tells how she wanted to take advantage of many opportunities, bu her "ol' Lady " kept her from taking advantage of them. First there was the circus. In that event, she wanted to run off with the circus but her mother would not let her. She said that it was because she was to young. I think that this is totally reasonable. Then when she was older someone wanted to take her to Holly Wood and make her a movie star. This time her mother probably stole her letter, so she married Curly who she did not like. This probably is because woman of the era did not have much choice in there future. She tried to fight this and get out of her confinement by marrying Curly, but ended up making it worse.