Consider it a sort of highbrow promotional work.
Leighton Meester, best known as an actress from the television show Gossip Girl, and currently appearing on stage in the latest adaptation of John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men,' wrote an essay on the Huffington Post regarding the feminist subtext within the book.
Clocking in at roughly 1,123 words, the essay wouldn't quite equal the minimum length of an American Literature midterm paper, but still reads on par with anything offered up by today's college students.
Case in point:
"Literarily, Curley's wife is compared to an animal in an effort to reduce and humiliate her. She is mockingly referred to as a "Lulu," the same name for Slim's dog, described as a bitch who just "slang nine pups.""
Ah, the humans-as-animals comparison--an old standby of literary analysis if there ever was one.
As a literary examination, it's a B-level paper, but as a side work from a celebrity, it's A+ material.
Photo: Meester's Instagram
She's holding 'The Grapes of Wrath' in the photo, despite the play she's appearing in. Did you notice that difference? No. No you did not.
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