OMAM Part 5-6

I think that Curly's wife and Lennie both confided in each other because, they trusted each other. They were both so similar and were going through almost the same problems. They both were easily distracted, and wanted to do their own thing. Lennie was always thinking about the moving, bunny dream. While Curly's wife was always flirting with other men, as she had a husband. Lennie and Curly's wife both had dreams. Lennie wanted rabbits, and Curly's wife wanted to be famous. They both had somebody who "owned them". Curly owned his wife, and George basically was Lennie's father. Curly's wife admits to Lennie, "I don' like Curly. He ain't a nice fella." After Curly's wife had shared her big secret with Lennie, he thought that he could trust her, so that's the reason why Lennie told her about the rabbits. Another reason Curly's wife confided in Lennie was because, she was extremely lonely, and Lennie actually listened to her. Curly's wife begins to trust Lennie so much, that she let him touch her hair, because she figured out he liked soft textures. Lennie didn't let go of her hair, and Curly's wife started freaking out. This obviously scared Lennie. He accidentally broke her neck, and eventually Curly's wife died. After she had died, the author described her "The meanness and the planning and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young." This was ironic because, in reality Curly's wife wasn't innocent. She was rude to the men who worked there, and she flirted with some of them, all the while having a husband.