1. happy mood
2. Foreshadowing Lennie;s death sun getting darker puppy Curly's wife whose next?
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4 Shows diffrence between inside and outside the barn As climax is building voices getting louder symbolizes that something is about to happen
5. Things getting sadder, Horses shiftiing because fill uneasy

Chapter 4: Imagery

1 How lonely and how he doesn't have anything
2 Lonely so surrounds himself with stuff, stuff is scattered because he
3 Imagery showing how the 3 men respond to Curly's wife CAndy is aggresive and mad he doesn't want anhy trouble
4 For a little while Crooks isn't lonly and the sound restablsihes the loenliness of his life

Chapter 3: Imagery

1 Happy and fun mood, they're usually lonely, cheerful ironic because Lennie lonely in the barn
2 Dark and scary but outside bright inside dark foreshadows bad event
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Curly is like a fish compared t o Lennnie

Chapter 2: Imagery

1. "Curley's like a lot of little guys.... Always scrappy?"(29)
-This applies to the the sense of hearing and sight
-Foreshadows that Curley is going to pick a fight with someone bigger than him. He ended up doing this (starting a fight with Lennie )

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6. "The sound of the approaching grain teams was louder, tat of big hooves "

Chapter 1: Imagery

“The day was going fast now only the tops of the Gabilan mountains flamed with the light of the sun that had gone from the valley. A water snake slipped along the pool, its head held up like a little periscope. The reeds jerked slightly in the current” (8).

- This paragraph appeals to the sense of sight
- It establishes a mood of tranquility and the setting

“Slowly, like terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached again. George snapped his fingers sharply, and at the sound Lennie laid the mouse in his hand”(9).

-This passage appeals to our sense of hearing and sight
-This passage establishes part of Lennie’s and George’s relationship and their individual characters

“A doves wings whistled over the water. George walked to the fire pile and lighted the dry leaves. The flame cracked up among the twigs an fell to work” (11).

- It appeals to our sense of hearing
- This passage reinforce the mood of tranquility

“The red light dimmed on the coals. Up the hill from the river a coyote yammered, and a dog answered from the other side of the stream. The sycamore leaves whispered in a light night breeze” (18).

- This appeals to our sense of sight AND hearing
- This passage ends the chapter and leaves with a nice feeling, it causes the image in our head to fade out

Chapter 5: Reflection

Chapter 4: Reflection

Chapter 3: Reflection

Chapter 2: Reflection

Chapter 1: Reflection

Steinbeck’s style includes starting a scene with descriptions of the setting. It also includes some dialogue and he lets the dialogue tell the story instead of the narrator. The dialogue is also full of dialect this and the fact that the dialogue tells the story makes the story more realistic. Steinbeck describes nature many times in this chapter. This is usually to establish the setting. His descriptions don’t only apply to one sense but many. His descriptions are also filled with symbology. Also, the descriptions set the mood for the scene. Before we even really meet George and Lennie Steinbeck tells us a bit about them. I am referring to the third paragraph on page two. This paragraph starts off with: “They had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open on stayed behind the other”. We later find out that the man who stayed behind the other was Lennie. This symbolizes and shows how Lennie follows George throughout life and that without George he would be lost. The paragraph goes on to describe their similarities (their clothes) and their differences (physical appearance). And when Steinbeck describes their physical appearances it is obvious they are opposites which represents their opposite personalities. But despite the difference in their physical appearance (their opposite personalities) they wear the same cloths (they have the same dream). In this chapter there is the minor conflict of getting to the ranch and the bus driver lying to George and Lennie. Another conflict is also established which is how to get the little house with the rabbit. The conflict’s details aren’t developed very much in this chapter. 

Chapter 4: Lonely art work

This picture represents two themes, firstly loneliness and secondly being diffrent. In this picture the tree is all alone in a desert. This is the way George must feel without Lennie. Secondly, the tree is diffrent from the surrounding sand. This furthers my point that George is like the tree without Lennie because George is lonely and surrounded by people who are diffrent than him, people with no future. But slowly the tree will die and turn to sand and George without Lennie will give up on having a future and become like all the other guys.

Chapter 5: Poems and Songs of Sorrowful death

"The Message"

(feat. Mary J. Blige, Rell)

By DR. DRE

[Dr. Dre]

This one is for my brother, Tyree, R.I.P...

[Mary J. Blige sings in the background] ..

A message to God..

[Mary J. Blige sings in the background] ..

[Dr. Dre]Since you finishin em early, what posessed you to start him?

We made a vow - later we'll regret til death do us part

Lord, I thought we was made for each other

You shouldn't connect those, made to be taken away from each other

Now what I'm supposed to do? I'm only half the man that I was

I'll never last, cause my better half is up there with you

You knew what you was doin when you made us; so with all due respect

you coulda forgave him, you didn't have to take him

He can take the game with him, cause he defines the word

The one who puts the G in it, who you think put me in it?

I'm feelin like my whole world is blinded - wonderin why

Cryin, pourin out my heart, pourin out liquor behind it

We fought like brothers, somethin we never should do

We coulda used time spent arguin tellin the truth

He had talent too - I had plans on watchin him grow

Don't know what hurts more - seein him leave, or watchin him go

[Mary J. Blige]

Listen listen listen.. (listen) whoahh (listen)Listen listen listen.. (better listen) whoahh-oahhh-oahhh

Listen listen listen.. [harmonizing]

Listen.. mmm-mmm-mmm

[Rell + (Mary)]

If you wanna know why.. (why I live my life)

The way that I do.. (cause I got to get this money)

So don't worry about me.. (cause I know my way around)

I'm just hustlin everyday, runnin this race, makin this paper

[Dr. Dre]

Youse a soldier, you're probably packin heat up there

Met up with homies from the street, and got deep up there

If you only knew the way I felt before they ruined the crew

I thought I learned from Eazy, now I'm goin through it with you

We lost a thug, a son, and a father

I spoke to your son, the other day, and told him Uncle Dre got him

The Lord must be accidentally pulling your file

cause I'm still paging you, 911, straight in denial

Prayin you get it, but no man can choose the card he was dealt

You either quit, or you gon' play it like you get it

I done been through all emotions, from in shock, to keepin a poker face

to straight breakin down and showin all emotions

I'm anxious to believe in real G's don't cry

If that's the truth, then I'm realizin I ain't no gangsta

It's just not me, but you know I'ma always ride wit you

I miss you, sometimes I wish I just died wit you

[Mary J. Blige]Listen listen listen.. (listen) whoahh (listen)Listen listen listen.. whoahh-oahhh-oahhh

Listen listen listen.. [harmonizing]

Listen.. eyy-eyy-eyy-yeah-yeahh

[Rell + (Mary)]

If you wanna know why.. (why I live my life)

The way that I do.. (cause I got to get this money)

So don't worry about me.. (don't worry, don't worry worry)

I'm just hustlin everyday, runnin this race, makin this paper

[Mary J. Blige]

yeah, yeah, ahhh-oooh-oahahahhhhh.. listen..

mmmmmmmmmhmhmhmmmmmm..

if you don't know why I.. you gotta listen up right now

lis-ten, lis-ten, lis-ten, lis-ten..

oooooooooh... oahahoooohhh ooooha ohhhhh

lis-ten, lis-ten

ahhhowooooo yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah

yeah-ehh-yeah, yeah-ooeooooh

yahhooooohahhooooh listen

lis-ten, children lis-ten

I'm tryin to tell you somethin good

Don't get caught up in the hood

Yeahhh-hah, yeahhh-hah, aooooooh

if you don't know why..

you gotta find out the reason why..

brother.. brother..

This is a very sad song about DR. DRE losing his brother. I think this song shows the theme of sorrowful death AND loneliness. These two themes go hand in hand because if somebody you care about dies then you feel lonely. I think that George would be able to relate to this song because Lenny was like a brother to him. I chose this song because of the songs I looked at it illustrated the theme(s) the best.

I also posted a poem below in case you are unable to understand DR. DRE's lyrics (FYI: "G" means gangster).

Sorrowful Heart

by Amanda Kruse

My heart is filled with sorrow
The future we planned is shattered
I lost both of you
in a matter of days
All because of an accident in which
the cause is such a haze.
I am left from the accident all alone
with a reason that is unknown.
I miss you so much
I wish you could come back

I only wish there were a way
to bring you both back to me.
But I know that in this life
that will never be.

In memory of Brooke Scott and Nick Davis.

This poem is about a person (Amanda Kruse) who lost her two best friends in a car accident. I chose this poem because it reflects both the theme of sorrowful death and loneliness. Also, I can relate to this poem because about 4 years ago I was in a car accident that nearly killed my entire nuclear family. This poem is another reminder to me of how lucky my family and I were.

Chapter 3: Characters

I chose this picture to represent Curley's wife because they look alike. They both have very red lips, curly hair and they are both just generally pretty.

Whit is yet another character that Steinbeck did not spend time describing. His description of Whit included youth and and a hat, like the man in the picture.

Steinbeck did not describe Crooks well. But the man on the left in the picture looks like the picture of Crooks I had in my head. He has a bent back and he is wearing appropriate clothing for the setting of the book.

Chapter 2: Characters

I chose this man to represent Slim because like Steinbeck's description of Slim this man looks tall, has a Stetson hat, is wearing blue jeans (you have to look at the very bottom of the picture), is also wearing a denim jacket and you can't tell how old he is by looking at his face. The man holding a gun looks like Carlson. Steinbeck doesn't describe Carlson very well he just says that he is (like the man in the picture) a powerful, big-stomached man. The man in the picture is also an ideal representation of Carlson because he is holding a gun (like Carlson when he was going ti kill Candy's dog) and he is dressed like a rancher during the early 1900's.

This man looks like Curley for several reasons. Firstly he is small, you can tell he is small because (in the picture) his head hardly reaches the height of the second bunk behind him. Also he has curly hair and he is wearing a glove on his left hand. Unfortunatly the picture isn't very clear so I can't tell if his eyes are brown like Steinbeck's dexcription of Curley.

Like Steinbeck's description of Candy's dog this dog has a grey muzzle and pale blind old eyes. He also has grizzly coat and looks dead or almost dead, like the dog in Of Mice and Men.

This man resembles Candy because he is wearing blue jeans, he is with a dog and he is very old. Steinbeck doesn't describe Candy a lot in Of Mice and Men.

This is "The Boss". Like the description in the book this man is wearing a flannel shirt, a black vest and a brown Stetson hat.

Chapter 1: Author, Setting, and Characters

This is a picture of the setting in Of Mice and Men. The river is the Salinas River. Like in the book there is lots of green and some hills/mountains.

The man on the left is George. Like in the book he is wearing a black, shapeless hat, he is small and has a thin, bony nose.



This is a picture of Lennie. Like the description in the book this man is wearing a shapeless hat, he is huge like Lennie and has wide shoulders.

John Steinbeck III was born in Febuary 27 1902. He grew up in Salinas Valley, California. He wrote Of Mice and Men and Pulitzer Prize- winning novel The Grapes of Wrath. He died on the 20th of December, 1968 at the age of 66.