Read about another entry on the list.Curley in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
This dude has the textbook definition of a Napoleon complex. He’s also a classic bully in that he projects his own insecurities—about his stature and his wife’s seedy reputation—onto people who have nothing to do with either situation. When Lennie makes a fatal error at the end of the book, Curley is thrilled to hunt him down, but George prevents the bully from having the satisfaction…in the saddest way humanly possible.
Of Mice and Men is among Paul Wilson's ten top books about disability and Sarah Salway's top ten books about unlikely friendships.
--Marshal Zeringue
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