"Curley is the nastiest character in the book, and it is easy to point the finger at him and say he is 'the bad guy'."
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"He is resentful and angry towards everyone. Candy speculates that he dislikes big men because of his own diminutive size, and indeed it does seem that he has quite an inferiority complex, although he dislikes George almost as much as Lennie."
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"He is always looking for ways to assert what he sees as his masculinity, which explains his agressive behaviour."
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"The most obvious feature of Curley's personality is that he is a coward, which Carlson quite rightly points out. He is willing to attack people he sees as weak, like meek-mannered Lennie, but when he meets resistance from somebody he thinks is dangerous like Slim, he backs down immediately and looks for someone else to vent his anger on."
