Slim In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Of Mice and Men is a novel by John Steinbeck. This novel is set in Salinas, California, Salinas means loneliness which foreshadows the teaching and idea behind the novel. The title Of Mice and Men comes from the poem “the mouse” by Robert Burns. Slim is a character that is and should be admired. Steinbeck shows this from the point when we first are introduced to Slim, this shows us how well thought of he is. “He moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen.” This shows that he is described as royalty which creates a sense of power and admiration. We also see that he is a serious character as “there was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke.” This shows us that people take him seriously and look up to him. Steinbeck reminds us of his power repeatedly throughout the novel in many ways using many different techniques. Slim is very positive about Lennie and George travelling together and thinks that it is nice. “Ain’t many guys travel around together,” he then goes on to say “I don’t know why.” This shows us that he thinks it’s a very nice idea where as Steinbeck presented both the boss and …show more content…

Curley could be one of great power in the ranch because of his dad however he is not a very nice person so nobody likes him. When Lennie gets into a fight with Curley and hurts him a lot. Slim tells him that if he tells anyone they will laugh so he tells him what he is to say if anyone asks “I think you got your hand caught in a machine,” this shows that Slim cares about Lennie and George and doesn’t want them to get hurt or fired. It also shows us that Curley is scared and intimidated by Slim because he then says “I won’t tell,” showing that he feels intimidated and embarrassed as if they realise that he got beat up by Lennie they might think that he is weak and they then might laugh at him resulting in him losing his

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