Curley Timeline and Summary

Curley comes to the bunkhouse looking for his wife.
Curley tries to pick a fight with Lennie.
Curley comes to the bunkhouse looking for his wife. Again.
Curley goes to the barn to find Slim, who he suspects is… with his wife.
Curley comes back to the bunkhouse (yet again).
Curley gets mad when Carlson calls him a coward. He sees Lennie smiling and starts punching the big guy (big mistake).
Curley gets his hand thoroughly messed up by Lennie Small.
Curley promises not to tell what really happened to his hand.
He gets taken to the doctor.
Despite the fact that he is married, Curley goes to Suzy’s bordello.
He plays horseshoes until Candy tells him about his wife’s death.
Curley looks at his dead wife and says he will shoot Lennie – preferably in the guts.
Curley leads the band of men in the search for Lennie.
He is the first to discover George with Lennie’s dead body.
Curley, ever observant, notes that George shot Lennie right in the back of the head.
Curley looks on with Carlson in puzzlement at Slim and George’s sadness.