Of Mice and Men
why does curley's wife become afraid of lennie as he's stroking her hair?
section 5
section 5
Lennie wouldn't stop and he was tightening
his grip on her hair. She knew what Lennie
had done to Curley.
Basically because he strokes her hair way too hard. When she protests, Lennie fears he will get in trouble from George. It all goes downhill from there.