How Does Steinbeck Present Slim's Strengths And Weaknesses

In the novel, Steinbeck presents strengths and weaknesses in many different ways, from how Crooks and Curley's wife deal with daily injustice because they are easy targets, to George who looks after Lennie every day but then loses out on other aspects of his life because of it. Then there's Lennie who's learning difficulties cause him to be yet another easy target of society, and lastly Slim is seen as the prince of the ranch, but there is a possibility that he is keeping his problems to himself, so he is not shown as weak.
The first person to show both their strength and weakness is George. He is Lennie's care taker daily, and he is the only person suited to this job as he was the only family member left that knew Aunt Clara. Because of this, he feels like he is burdened by Lennie at times, and blatantly calls him out on it, saying that he misses out on …show more content…
His strength is that he is very highly regarded on the ranch, and is well respected by everyone, and they will always turn to him in time of need. But this is also part of his weakness, because while he is too busy sorting out other problems, he may be struggling with his own. But he may be refusing to show his problems to not be seen as weak in the other men's eyes, which his weakness because keeping problems to yourself can be extremely unhealthy for your mental state.
Crooks and Curley's wife are very closely linked through their strengths and weaknesses. Both of them face daily injustice, Crooks with racism, and Curley's wife through sexism. Both of these show that they are both very strong people for being able to deal with daily struggles like this, but then in turn causes them both to be very easy targets, Crooks for his race and Curley's wife for her gender. But Curley's wife is also very insensitive to the fact that Crooks also deals with daily injustice, and still treats him extremely negatively, as did the rest of society in the