 Hello and welcome. Now let's look at key quotations to remember and memorise when it comes to the character of slim and of mice and men. Now the first quotation that's really important in illustrating the power that slim holds as the quintessential Darwinian male, very strong, very powerful, very respected, is the quote calm godlike eyes describe of course his eyes. Now the word level analysis you want to do here is a simile godlike like god. And what this shows is that slim is almost revered by all of the men. There's this reverence and this aura that accompanies him when he's on the ranch. Even if he's one of the employees, he really sits at the top of that their social hierarchy And he's almost viewed as this messianic figure. He really rallies all the men. They listen to him. They follow what he says, okay? And he's almost like this godlike figure. The second quotation for slim's character is when he's described to the description of him being a jerk-line skinner, ellipsis, driving ellipsis, 20 mules. Now the word level analysis you want to do here for this quotation is firstly the verb driving. So it's showing his sheer power in commanding all of these mules. And the second word level analysis you want to do here is the adjective 20 to describe the number of mules that he's really harnessing. Now what this key quotation shows in the case of slim's character is just how powerful and how commanding his presence is. He also is the quintessential, as I've mentioned, Darwinian male. He's very powerful. In a race for the survival of the fittest, not only is he intellectually adept, he's clever, by the standards of the other workers on the ranch, but equally he's very, very powerful. And of course this illustrates just this brute force and strength that he has. And of course this is in sharp contrast to the character of Curly, who's constantly trying to show his sheer power, but this is completely overshadowed by slim. Okay, now for third quotations remember when it comes to slim's character is how he's described as the prince of the ranch. Again, this is in contrast to Curly. So whilst Curly actually, he's the son of the boss. So technically he's the rightful prince, actually slim is the one that's revered right at the top of the social hierarchy of the men, even above Curly, okay? And of course the word level analysis you want to do here is that this is a metaphor describing just how all the men are almost in awe of slim. He's such an awe-inspiring figure and of course also Curly's wife is very attracted to him, hence why Curly is very threatened by slim. The fourth and final quotation to remember for his character is when it states his word was taken on any subject and of course this kind of ties into when slim is the one that essentially passes the death sentence on candy's dog. So candy's dog is very old, it smells, however candy is very attached to it and the dog had been very very loyal in terms of its work on the ranch. But ultimately it was betrayed and killed by the other men and it was slim who basically accepted that it can be killed. So they all looked to slim. Candy also looked to slim to try and see if you can get slim's approval for the dog to remain, but of course the dog was killed. Now the word level analysis you want to do here to show the kind of power that slim has almost also as someone who accepts life and death on the ranch, he's the one that essentially accepts who's in, who's accepted, who's an outcast, who's removed and ultimately even killed, is the abstract noun, word, his word. Remember a noun is a place, person, a thing. An abstract noun is an idea, a thing that we cannot touch, feel, taste or see, but it exists nonetheless. So of course in this case, it's word, but also the other word level analysis you want to do is the adjective any subject and again this illustrates just how slim is seen as such an intellectual by all of these men, they look at him, he's judge and jury, he really anything that he says on the ranch goes. Okay. So that's it when it comes to the character of slim. Of course what you want to do always is consider how slim is a sharp contrast with curly. Slim's power and position is very much guaranteed on the hierarchy of the ranch, of the bunkhouse. Whilst curly, his power is superficial. It's only insofar as his dad is the person that owns the ranch, but the men really don't respect him. Okay. And of course you also want to think about slim in terms of how he is able to be seen almost as a visionary and he also understands the unique relationship that George and Lenny have. And ultimately he's the one that also empathizes when he realizes that it's George that killed Lenny. Okay. So that's it and thank you so much for listening.