“No one can blame a person for looking,” he said” (Steinbeck 29). Curley's wife, the reader discovers, is simply lonely. He doesn't really belong on that ranch. In chapter 4, Curley's wife confides in Lennie. She starts telling him about her dreams of becoming a star. By the middle of Chapter 5, Lennie and she have developed a friendship, gaining enough trust that Lennie "strokes" her hair. In the end, she is ultimately killed by Lennie. Slim is considered the prince of the ranch. Characters like Slim don't have much importance in the novel other than the company. He came out tough and calm. The book states: “…he moved with a majesty achieved only by a king and a master craftsman. He was a skinner, the prince of the ranch... There was a gravity in his manner and a stillness so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any topic, be it politics or love... His ax face was ageless. He could have been thirty-five or fifty. His ear heard more than he was told, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding thought. His hands, large and thin, were delicate in their movements like those of a temple dancer" (Steinebeck