In the story Of Mice and Men, Curley's wife seems to be singled out a lot. She just wants to have someone to confide in. She talks to a lot of the men on the ranch, but she doesn't find anyone she can trust until Lennie comes into the picture. As Lennie is sitting there in the barn cradling the dead puppy Curley's wife walks in. They begin to talk to each other . It is here that she finds someone she can trust. As they are talking she begins to confide in Lennie about her past. She tells him that she never loved Curley, but instead she only married him to get away from her family. Lennie is the first person she tells and asks him to keep her secret. Lennie does, and shortly dies after this so the secret is buried with him.
There are many qualities to a good listener. On equality could be that the person is keeping eye contact. If the person whom you are talking to keeps staring at different things around the room they most likely aren't completely listening to you. Another quality is if the person actually listens and is quiet. If a person keeps talking throughout your statement or if they continue to share their opinion without listening, they probably don't care about the story or they just want to share what they have to. Remember silent and listen have the same letters.
I can't remember a time I have ever had to confide something in someone. However, if I did, I would choose a friend that I can trust. If that person betrayed me I would be angry. Depending on what I asked them to keep secret is how angry I would be. I if was something along the lines of "don't tell someone that she isn't invited to a party", and they told her then I would be a little mad, but I wouldn't overreact about it. If It was a huge secret like telling a friend that we are throwing a surprise party for them, then I would be mad because it ruined the whole plan. It all depends on the situation on what happened to determine how I would react.
Unlike me confiding in others, others have confided in me. Some people have asked me to keep secrets.These secrets have been anything from personal or family issues to a party that they don't want this person to know about. I have had to handle their trust in many ways. I have to remember that even though it may be hard, this person trusted me and I have to keep their secret. I sometimes pretend that I don't remember what they told me so I don't just spill it. Other times I have to say to myself, " This is who they are talking about so act like you don't know what is happening." That is how I handle my friends' trust.
In the story Of Mice and Men, Curley's wife trust's Lennie with a secret that nobody else knows about her. Lennie proves to be a good listener. Qualities that make people a good listener can be eye contact or simply being silent. People confide in others everyday. I can't remember a time when I confided in someone, but others have confided in me before. I have kept their secrets by either pretending not to know what was happening or try to forget what they had told me, only remembering when they are around. That is what I think a good listener is.
