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Thirdly, he’s very good looking, which attracts Curley’s wife. This makes him powerful because he has the ability to get the only woman on the ranch and not be targeted at the end. If he wants he can sexualize with Curley’s wife, without forcing her because she’s attracted to him. Many people know this like Candy, “I seen her give Slim the eye.” (28) But, at the end no one has taken a stand for Curley, since she’s his wife.
Not only Candy, but Curley also knows of this, and even after attempting to catch Slim and his wife, he has never succeeded. “Well, I didn’t mean nothing, Slim I just ast you.” Slim said, “… If you can’t look after own God damn wife, what you expect me to do about it? You lay offa me.” (62) In that case, Curley can’t do

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