Such as Lennie his character is physically strong but that is the only power he possesses. Since he has a mentally handicapped way of a child he knows what it is to be good and doesn’t want to be bad. George is also powerless in making sure Lennie is good because Curley’s wife is a huge distraction to Lennie. He is not around twenty four seven to keep an eye on him.Each of the characters represents a kind of person in American society. These characters represent what powerless is because Candy is old and physically handicapped , Crooks is discriminated because of his race and Curley’s wife because of gender.Another type of powerlessness is economically as the men are trying to reach their six hundred dollars to buy their land they have to work for six months. Crooks says in quote "I seen guys nearly crazy with loneliness for land, but every time a whorehouse or a blackjack game took what it takes." The quote states that humans want to spend their money right away instead of saving for tomorrow. Many times that happens which means having dreams and not thinking of loneliness helps for the future to get to where you want to