Blog 4 Option 3

When Curley's wife says, "'they left all the weak ones here'" it represents situational irony, which is when what actually happens is the the opposite of what you would think. This is because if she's saying that Crooks, Candy, and especially Lennie are weak then you would assume that she is stronger, which she is not. Also, calling Lennie weak is really dumb because he is by far the strongest man on the entire ranch.