Who is Slim in Of Mice and Men?Literary Devices:Literary devices deepen a narrative by drawing the reader in through ideas and the senses. Characterization is one form that Steinbeck uses well in the description of his characters in 'Of Mice and Men.'...
Part Of A Community In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men George and Lennie have a strong friendship and throughout the book, it is easy to tell that their friendship gets stronger day after day. While the Great Depression was taking place, Men would travel to find a job; but it was un...
In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George makes his confessions to Slim during chapter three of the story. This occurs on Friday night when the two are playing cards in the bunkhouse.Answer and Explanation: George confesses two things to Slim while sitting in the bunkhouse on Friday ...
Candy tells George and Lennie that"she got the eye," meaning that she looks at and flirts with other men. She is particularly drawn to Slim, a tall, good-looking skinner or mule-driver who works on the ranch. Curley's wife comes into the barn looking for her husband. She is made-...
Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men Every farm has a worker that everyone looks up to for leadership, trust and respect. In Of Mice and Men, Slim quiet at first , but when he does speak, his voice carries over every conversation in the room. He assumes the role of final ...
In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, foreshadowing is prominently used to hint at key plot developments. In Chapter 3, George's recounting of Lennie's past troubles with a girl in Weed foreshadows Lennie's fatal encounter with Curley's wife. Lennie's strength, highlighted by Slim's comme...
Candy is an older, one-handed man who lives and works on the ranch that George and Lennie arrive at in the beginning of Of Mice and Men. He is the outcast of the workers on the ranch. He is older than them, and he is nearing the end of his productiveness. He had lost a hand ...
First, we have the contrasting example of Candy, who says that he "shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot [his] dog" (3.234). Second, Slim says, "You had, George. I swear you hadda" (5), and Slim is the novel's ideal man (check out his "Character Analysis" for more on...
Howis Curley’s Wifepresentedin’ Ofmiceandmen’? On the ranch there is only one woman who is referred to as Curley’s wife throughout the book and her lack of identity implies she is a possession of Curley’s and the fact she is never given a name suggests she’s seen more as a...
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