Of Mice And Men Setting Analysis

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In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, He tells a tale of two men, Lennie and George on the journey of finding and pursuing there ‘American Dream’. A dream of having their farm land. A dream of making a living and not having to move from city to city, searching for work because of the problems they come across on their journey’s because of Lennie. Throughout the first section of Steinbeck’s book there is a strong feeling and atmosphere of foreboding. Steinbeck strongly emphasises the tense feeling using symbolism and the settings in this section. Animal symbolism, particularly for Lennie is used a lot in this section, from referring to him as a bear to a horse. The use of setting in the story also adds to the effect of foreboding right from the start.…show more content…
Its set in Soledad, located in the State of California. The name Soledad refers to solidarity, serenity and comfort which really contrasts from what the place really is. It goes unto describing the river Salinas and its warm waters. ‘On one side of the river..’ the next sentence starts off with, it goes unto to say what is on this specific side of the river. ‘willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding…’. This sentence could be explaining a metaphor being used. It describes how either sides of the river are very different. One being more attractive and ‘good’, the other side not so much. The word ‘debris’ being used emphasises the sense of destruction on the inferior side of the river. This could be a foreshadowing of the destruction of Lennie that is coming at the end of the story. The setting of the river could make the reader think that as the story (the river) goes on throughout it as it ‘flows’ there is good and bad outcomes throughout the book which. From just the first few lines the reader can infer this and know something intense will come

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