Loneliness - Curley's wife

Being a women, Curley's wife is one of the loneliest characters in Of Mice and Men and shows it a lot throughout Section 4. Simply being named Curley's wife shows a lot of how women were treated at the time. She very rarely is with others and is normally in the house doing chores. After Crooks explains his own loneliness to Lennie, Curley's wife walks into their conversation and asks them, "Any you boy seen Curley?" (Steinbeck 76) but soon enough admits that "I know where they all went" (Steinbeck 77). Although she claims that she was looking for Curley, she still admits she knows where he is. This shows that Curley’s wife didn’t come in ‘looking for Curley’, she came in looking for company most likely. Clearly, this shows how lonely Curley’s wife really is because at the time talking to colored people was against some laws and yet she still talked to Crooks. Although I am not a huge fan of Curley's wife, I still feel truly sorry for her because of this specific scene in Section 4.