Of Mice and Men- Slim

Slim

Key Words:

• Just
• Respected
• Authorative
• Compassionate

Key Points:

• In his first entrance he is descibed as a 'jerk-line skinner' and 'the prince of the ranch', both suggest that he is respected by the other ranchworkers and seen as the voice of reason.
• He is so admired that even Curley listens to him, for example when his hand is crushed by Lennie, Slim makes sure Curely doesn't say what really happened and uses his…