<span>Because they wanted to avoid the discomfort of facing an unpopular view</span>
The relationship between power and freedom is that they are both centered around feeling accomplished and dealing with the privileges of freedom or power and how having one or the other goes to show the socioeconomic status of the person who has it. Freedom and power are interconnected to give one the idea of importance and the effects of believing a cause and how this can result in either power or freedom.
<span>She screams.
"When Lennie explains that he likes to pet soft things, Curley's wife reveals that she too likes to feel silk and velvet, and she invites him to feel her hair, which is very soft. He does, but his big, clumsy fingers start to mess it up, and she angrily tells him to let go. As she tries to get her hair away from Lennie, he becomes scared and holds on more tightly. When she begins to scream, Lennie covers her mouth with his hand. A struggle ensues — Lennie panicking and Curley's wife's eyes "wild with terror" — until her body flops "like a fish" and then she is still."</span>