Of Mice And Men Power Essay

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How does power change the way that people think about you? In the book Of Mice and Men it shows how power changes the way people treat you.The more power you have the higher in authority you are. Having less or no power will entitle you to less respect.Or maybe that’s not always the case. Curley had power and respect because of his money what if one day lost all of his money would other people still respect him? Do people actually respect Curley, for who he is? Why can you have power over some people but not others? The more power you have does not entitle you to respect. Just because you have power does that mean that people will respect you? In the book mice to men Curley was their boss’s son and he was usually left in charge. Curley had power because the men feared that if they disrespected him that they would lose their jobs, and he was an x-boxer. Lenny feared Curly he said,”Don’t tell Curley said none of this.he’d slough me. He just don’t give a damn. He won’t ever get canned ‘ cause his old man’s the boss.pg (27)”. Curley wasn’t respected because of his authority he was respected because he was a potential threat. Slim was another man in the book who was well respected, he wasn’t …show more content…

She couldn’t follow her dreams because she was restricted because of her gender. Another example is Lenny, Lenny has special needs so he was seen as powerless. Being powerless restricts you from doing what you want. Lenny was not able to do what he wants in the beginning of the book mice to men George said to lenny,” Lenny for God sakes don’t drink so much...you gonna be sick like you was last night”(pg 3). Being that Lenny was always told what to he got got in a habit of letting people telling him what to do. Lenny wouldn’t be able to survive if people didn’t tell him what to

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