Slim In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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During this time period there was many people that were in the lower class of society or higher up in society. Slim was just one of the people that were higher up in society. He was skinnier than the others but he was nice like some of the others on the ranch. Unlike the others he was the prince of the ranch he could lead many mules with one line. He was really well respected on the ranch and had high authority. In the book it states, “ There was a gravity in his manner and a quite so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke.” (Steinbeck 33). This helps express oh Slim was different than the other characters in the book. When they would sit in the bunkhouse and have a conversation there is many people that would all talk at once but when

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