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Why is Curley always searching for his wife in "Of Mice and Men"?

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Curley runs around looking for his wife all the time because she has a reputation for running around on him. She is described as being better looking than Curley and Curley is described as not being much of a "man" for her. He is not very self confident and is always overcompensating for this by trying to domineer the other men. She is also extremely lonely and is not shy about telling men that fact. She is married to a man who works an awful lot and this gives her the opportunity to search for "company" from other men.

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