In this novel, the main voice is of George, and mainly what he does and thinks. George holds an equal amount of power as all of the other farmhands. He can come and go as he pleases, but can’t really tell anyone to do anything the way that Slim can. Slim is essentially the only man on the ranch that everyone truly respects, but yet still can treat as an equal. Also in this novel, race doesn’t play a very critical role in the path of the story. It comes up once or twice when lennie interacts with Crooks. Crooks has been isolated from all of the other hands because of his color. A similar topic is gender. Gender plays a critical role in the novel because all of the farmhands are men, and Curly’s wife is the only woman on the farm. This is why everyone treats her like a slut and a whore. Class does not play main role in the story, and in fact the only real instance where this seems to come into play is between Curly and the rest of the farmhands, since Curly is the ranch owners’ son. So naturally he feels that he can boss everybody else around, except for of course Slim.
Hey grant i feel like we read this book a long time ago but its a good overview of of mice and men. And yes curly's wife is a whore or a slut whatever you call her. I agree with the fact that everyone gives slim power but i think that slim has a little too much maybe? He doesn't necessarily ask for it he is just given it by others for the way he acts. And curly is a jerk through out the whole book bottom line just because your dad is the boss doesnt mean you need to treat people like that.
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