Trustworthiness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
In the novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the quality of trustworthiness to demonstrate the complications between people living in the 1930s society.
Steinbeck uses the interrogation setting after dusk with Slim and George alone together in the bunkhouse to emphasize the serious conversation that will be discussed between the two working companions. Immediately after George mentions an incident in Weed, Slim repeats, “‘What he’d do in Weed?’” (Steinbeck 41). George knowing that he had just unleashed he and Lennie’s largest secret to someone that they had just met, pleads to Slim not to tell anyone. George must have trust in Slim to continue in detail about what had taken place in Weed, considering that Slim is has a manager position
working on the ranch that could easily lose their jobs working on the ranch. In a similar way, Steinbeck demonstrates Slim’s devotion to defending his fellow innocent comrades being physically and verbally assaulted by their Boss’ ruthless son, Curley. When Lennie was being assaulted by Curley, “Slim jumped up. ‘The dirty little rat,’ he cried, ‘I’ll get ‘um myself’” (Steinbeck 63). Slim stuck up for Lennie when he was being attacked by Curley and was not responding. Though Slim was stopped in his tracks by George, so Lennie could learn to stand up for himself, he still offered to take on Curley.
Steinbeck uses the interrogation setting after dusk with Slim and George alone together in the bunkhouse to emphasize the serious conversation that will be discussed between the two working companions. Immediately after George mentions an incident in Weed, Slim repeats, “‘What he’d do in Weed?’” (Steinbeck 41). George knowing that he had just unleashed he and Lennie’s largest secret to someone that they had just met, pleads to Slim not to tell anyone. George must have trust in Slim to continue in detail about what had taken place in Weed, considering that Slim is has a manager position
working on the ranch that could easily lose their jobs working on the ranch. In a similar way, Steinbeck demonstrates Slim’s devotion to defending his fellow innocent comrades being physically and verbally assaulted by their Boss’ ruthless son, Curley. When Lennie was being assaulted by Curley, “Slim jumped up. ‘The dirty little rat,’ he cried, ‘I’ll get ‘um myself’” (Steinbeck 63). Slim stuck up for Lennie when he was being attacked by Curley and was not responding. Though Slim was stopped in his tracks by George, so Lennie could learn to stand up for himself, he still offered to take on Curley.