Slim

Question 1

topics

Answer 1

• natural authority
• practical approach
• trustworthy
• doesn’t buy into prejudice
• empathy

Question 2

topic sentence for authority

Answer 2

Steinbeck higlights Slim’s natural authority on the ranch

Question 3

quotations - authority

Answer 3

‘moved with majesty’

‘word taken on any subject’

Question 4

topic sentence for approach

Answer 4

Steinbeck highlights Slim’s practical approach to life

Question 5

quotations for approach

Answer 5

‘slang her puppies last night’
‘biggest pups’
‘couldn’t feed’

Question 6

topic sentence for trustworthy

Answer 6

Steinbeck presents Slim as a trustworthy character

Question 7

quotations for trustworthy

Answer 7

‘ears heard more than was said to him’
‘neither encouraged nor discouraged’
‘quiet and receptive’

Question 8

topic sentence for prejudice

Answer 8

Steinbeck shows that Slim doesn’t buy into prejudice of the time

Question 9

quotation for prejudice

Answer 9

‘nobody been here but Slim’

‘nigger

Question 10

topic sentence for empathy

Answer 10

Steinbeck shows that Slim is an understanding person and has empathy for George at the end of the novel

Question 11

quotation for empathy

Answer 11

‘you hadda, George, I swear you hadda.’

‘what ..eatin them two guys’