How does Steinbeck Present Slim from the Extract

thin out, on his first app pinnaance, is expound as moving with a majesty only achieved by royal house or master craftsmen. With this descriptive phrase, Steinbeck immediately establishes contract as somevirtuoso who is confident in himself that is admired by others. To move alike majesty, it requires wiz to move with graceful fluency without seeming effort. This is a man who is homy in his own persona. Continuing with the comparison to royalty, Steinbeck describes Slim as the prince of the banquet. Slim has such an authority on the feast that his tidings was golden.If Slim said that something was to be done, e actu exclusivelyyone on the bedcover went along with it and no one rebelled against it. This is not because the other characters on the ranch are scared of him by rather the fact that he is portrayed to the Readers as the universe very respected. Slim is the voice for justice within the novel. This shows that he is wise and all the other ranch workers looked up to him as a role position since he is like a father figure to all the ranch men with his tidingss of wisdom cosmos the words they live by.Steinbeck describes his port as having gravity and a quiet so profound that his word was taken on any subject. Slim was not someone who had to devise his voice to be authoritative. His presence spoke for itself. Slim serves as an discomfort to the character of Curley, since he really should be the prince of the ranch as the pigeonholes son. The use of this metaphor implies that Slim has a higher accessible status than the other ranch workers. Additionally it is important to understand that he has t assigned himself with the label as curly no enquiry wouldHe is described as having a hatchet face which goes along with the get of Slim. Together the name and the description of his face give the reader the brain of someone who is very lean. Along with this, he is described as being actually being between the ages of 35-50 only suggested as a n ageless character. as well when talking about his appearance he is described with His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer. In this simile the word large suggest that they are masculine and untouch subject but the phrase temple dancers implies they are skilful and tender.Similarly at the ancestry of the extinguish his strength is mentioned saying he is capable of driving ten, xvi and even twenty mules, which also expresses his strength and importance on the ranch as he is able to carry out jobs, which was of great jimmy during the Great Depression. Another key descriptive phrase for Slim is that His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. . With this descriptive phrase Steinbeck artfully portrays that Slim is able to read into people and what they say.He is not someone who takes things people say at face value. He also understands that there is often more to the story. The word beyond suggests that he is omniscient which again depicts the connotations of Slim being like God and king of the ranch. This also is what leads to Slims word being gospel on the ranch. Everyone knows that he gives everything a fair hearing. Slim renders a decision much like a judge would do. This links to Slim natures as Judges are well-respected ad distinguished as is he.Right forward when Slim began to talk to George about working on the ranch, he apply a tone which was friendly, encouraged confidence without demanding. It is this friendly tone that allows George to bewilder a similar friendship with Slim and allows him later to confide in Slim about Lennie. Steinbeck portrays that despite being thought higher by everyone he doesnt let this get to his head since he has a lot of general decency. While Slim is certainly modelled as a friend and upstanding character, as one can see from this extract he is one of the characters who plays a pivota l role in the while in Of Mice and Men.