“No one can blame a person for looking,” she said” (Steinbeck 29). Curley's wife, the reader discovers, is simply alone. She doesn't really belong on this ranch. In chapter 4, Curley's wife confides in Lennie. She begins to tell him about her dreams of becoming a star. By the middle of Chapter 5, she and Lennie have developed a friendship, gaining enough trust for Lennie to "stroke" her hair. In the end, she is finally killed by Lennie. Slim is considered the prince of the ranch. Characters like Slim don't have much importance in the novel outside of camaraderie. He came out tough and calm. The book states: “…he moved with a majesty that only royalty and master craftsmen could achieve. He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch… There was a gravity in his manner and a calm so deep that all conversation stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, whether it was politics or love… His hatchet face was ageless. He was perhaps thirty-five or fifty years old. His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech evoked not thought, but understanding of thought. His hands, large and slender, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer. » (Steinebeck