In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the theme of power is prevailed and developed throughout the book by certain character traits that are shown throughout the development of each character. John Steinbeck uses the trait of weakness for some characters to make others show dominance, this creates a sense of power between characters. There are characters that show weakness in some situations but power in others. Within each character there is power and there is weakness. For example Curly’s wife is introduced just as “Curly's wife” she has no other name, this implies that she is just simply curly’s wife and nothing more. This starts her as a character with no power, but later in the book it develops that Curly’s wife is a particularly