Power

Power
Power is shown in many different forms within the fig handst; physical, mental, coercive and legitimate. I think that Lennie shows the most physical causality in the allegory, as Curley threatens Lennie and punches him numerous times Lennie just takes the hits until George tells Lennie to film him, Lennie doesnt turn in any mental government agency, it is George that thinks for Lennie and Lennie protects George physically.

Curley demonst hoges legitimate power in the way that he uses his position of being the bosses parole (second highest position on the ranch) to threaten pack with a canning (firing). He has a very prominent insecurity, he hates men who are bigger than him, because he is small. He tries to prove himself by filling fights with the bigger men on the ranch, like he did to Lennie further this was the end to him picking fights because Lennie beat him by crushing his hand. Lennie doesnt have the intelligence to fight back until George tells him to do so.
Curleys Wife uses lots of coercive and legitimate power. She tries to flirt with men on the ranch but they all seem to have a rule of staying away from her because they think she is a rat trap or piece of jail bate, crockeding she would recrudesce them into trouble if she got the chance.



Her flirtatious actions towards Lennie at the end of the novel ,where she allows him to touch her hair, results in her death because Lennie wouldnt let go of her hair and it resulted in him gripping her too tight and he broke her neck.
Slim has lots of power over people on the ranch because of his reputation of being a favourable guy and all the men seem to confess in him almost as a priest-like figure. He is the jerkline skinner which mean that he is the leader of the ranchers and isnt like Curley who abuses his legitimate power. He makes friends with George quite quickly and they talk about Lennie in a pitiful but admiring way (pitiful about his lack in intelligence but they admire him for his physical strength).

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