 Now Curly is another important figure that plays a key role in Steinbeck's of Mycermen. Therefore, you do need to remember key quotations relating to his character. Now, of course, we know Curly is the boss's son, so the first quotation, of course, shows how he lives in his father's shadow. The description of how, like the boss, he wore high-heeled boots. Now, this is the first quotation to remember, and the word level analysis that you want to focus on, which illustrates just how he lives in his father's shadow, but he almost tries to artificially get his father's authority is the alliteration of H, high and healed. And, again, firstly, this emphasises just how short his stature is. He's a short man, he's insecure, but equally, he relies on very artificial things. He doesn't really rely on real achievements. He relies on very quick artificial things to try and gain respect from the other men on the ranch. He also relies on quickly marrying a woman that looks pretty as a way to also gain respect. But, again, all of this stuff seems very hollow and very superficial because all the other men realise that beneath that veneer, beneath that façade, there really isn't anything that they should respect about Curly. The second quotation to remember for Curly's character is when the men, so George and Lennie, are told about Curly, he hates big guys, and the alliteration here, in terms of the word level analysis, is H, he and hates. And, of course, you want to focus in terms of word level analysis also on the adjective big guys. And, of course, what this illustrates is that Curly not only is he short, he has got what we would call a Napoleonic complex. Now, this complex is named after Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, so this is the French leader. He was a very short man who had lots and lots of achievements. Now, what the Napoleonic complex really points to is historic figures and kind of the tendencies of shorter people, so smaller people, who feel very insecure about this stature, maybe about their appearance, and they try to make up an achievement in power, what they lack in height. So, of course, a lot of people have theorised that someone, for example, like Napoleon Bonaparte, because he wasn't very tall, he was about five foot five, which isn't very short, but obviously, comparison to maybe six foot tall men, he therefore made up in lots of achievements what he lacked in height. Now, of course, in Curly's case, this is illustrating that same Napoleonic complex that he has. He looks at people like Lenny as men who perhaps take away from him in terms of comparing himself in stature. So, he tries to make up in his achievements, for example, with boxing what he lacks in height. And, of course, what this illustrates is just how deeply insecure Curly is. The third quotation to remember for Curly's character is when he's constantly looking for his wife. So, this is his newly married wife, but she somehow seems to elude him and he goes around and he asks, you seen a girl around here? Now, the word level analysis you want to do here is the diminutive noun, girl. Here, he's married a woman, but he still sees her as a possession part of his property as a girl, and as a girl that needs to control him. And, of course, this illustrates just how controlling Curly can be, but also how emotionally distant the relationship is. Really, to some degree, it's partly Curly's thoughts that Curly's wife ended up dying, because in her loneliness, she was driven away from him. She sought attention in other men, and ultimately, she sought attention in Lenny, who ultimately ended up killing her accidentally, okay? Now, the other quotation to remember for Curly's character is when it describes how once he tries to pick a fight with Lenny because he thought he was going to win the fight, but Lenny crushes his hand. So, Lenny has Curly's hand in his grip, and the simile. Curly was flopping like a fish is really powerful in illustrating the sheer force of Lenny in contrast to Curly, who really is a bully, and he basically gets what's coming to him. And, of course, as I mentioned, the word level analysis you want to illustrate here is the simile. And the final quotation to remember for Curly's character is once he, of course, realizes his wife has died, it's still really about him. His rage is about him. It's still very much focused on his honor. He now needs to go and find Lenny to kill him to protect his honor. He seems less concerned that his wife was killed. He seems less concerned in terms of seeking vengeance because Curly's wife, her life was taken unfairly. This is shown in the quotation, he worked himself into a fury. And the word level analysis you want to do to show that really it's still, when they're going to hunt for Lenny, it's still very much about Curly is the pronouns, the repetition, or rather the pronouns which are shown he and himself. He's getting, so Curly is getting himself into a rage. It's all about avenging his own sense of embarrassment. It's not about killing Lenny in order to avenge Curly's wife, it's more still about him. And, of course, what this illustrates is also just how selfish and dislikable Curly really is. So, of course, he's one of the major antagonists in this story and all of these creations. Of course, you want to always remember the word level analysis and how this illustrates him as being such an antagonistic force and what is a very predatory Darwinian environment. Thank you so much for listening.