Week 3 Post, Of Mice and Men

In the novel, Of Mice and Men, it is very easy to notice who has a "voice" and who does not. George, a small man is the voice of both himself and Lennie. Lennie, obviously does not have a voice or any say it what happens in life. He does have George to speak for him though, which is probably a great alternative.
Multiple characters in this novel have power. It varies however on which type of power they have. George, for example, has the power to speak for himself and Lennie, because he has knowledge that Lennie does not. Lennie has a different type of power, physical strength. As useful as Lennie's physical power can be, he sufffers from a lack of mental power and has to have George speak for him. Slim and Candy also have the same amount of power as George because they all live on the ranch and work for the same boss. While George and Lennie dream of having their own ranch, it is likely that this will never happen and that they will never have the power.

The important part of class in the novel is who owns the land. Land owners (upper class) seem to have most, if not all of the power. They have the most power because they have employees who need them and without their jobs they would have nothing.