Part 5 Question 2

I think what was ironic about the description of Curley's wife's death was the opposite of both what you would think of death and how she looked and acted when she was alive.  The description of her - pretty and simple, with rouged cheeks and reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly.  Curley's wife always looked for attention but now the ache for attention was gone from her face.  The irony is that one might not think a dead person would look so peaceful; but, Curley's wife, dead, covered in hay, looked peaceful yet alive.