Topic > The perfectibility of man in Of Mice by John Steinbeck...

“Then Curley's anger exploded. Come on, you big bastard. Stand up. No son of a bitch is going to laugh at me, I'll show you who's yellow.”(62)Lennie smiled and thought about the ranch George had told him about and how they were going to make a living on that farm. Plus, he was thinking about how there would be bunnies to pet and feed. He was daydreaming at the worst time. Curley thought Lennie was smiling and laughing at him because he had a "Glove full of Vaseline." This part of the dialogue also tells us that Curley gets frustrated or angry easily. They say his anger exploded, he turned a small situation into the spotlight. “Curley is like a lot of kids. He hates big boys. He's always in trouble with the big kids. "(26) The author describes Curley as a person who hates. He has a wrong intention. Curley according to the passage liked to pick on others and knowing that Lennie was a friend, he took advantage of it. He enjoyed doing it, but Lennie didn't get any positive results, only negative results. Curley only wanted to start a fight because he thought Lennie was laughing at him when he did so