Symbolism In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Of mice and men by John Steinbeck, miles south of soledad, the sail river. The water is too warm for the hillside bank.in the beginning the boys george and lennie are running from people because they stole from them. The dream farm is very real in the minds of george and lennie but it does not exist in reality. George and lennie have self-respect and independence in that place. They will live off fat of the land. A couple positive symbols are, one the bunk house. It represents the cruel world of reality, even lennie, with his mental handicap, can intuitively feel that the bunkhouse isn't a good place. Two the rabbits are symbolism, when george first tells the story of the dream farm it's because lennie's desperate. Three's mice it represents the false hope of safety space for lennie. The setting as symbols was the pool by the river is the place …show more content…

Freedom and confinement and george are tied down by their need for money. Visions of America of mice and men american is filled with dreamers and struggles. The struggles have a different idea of how life should be like, so like hollywood and stuff like that . violence because the guys inflict psychological. Some weakness are, lennie is a few knives short of a cutlery drawer. Crooks is crippled and black. Curly is short. Men and the natural world, like the ranch the natural world is a dog eat dog place you have enemies and friends. The tone of the story is sympathetic, realistic, and honest. Why? Steinbeck is sympathetic towards his characters but he comes up with a happy ending for his characters. He uses the real world of poverty he limited his resources, social roles, human intolerance and violence with the world dream of freedom.
Since naturalism is about the most depressing literary style every. Steinbeck thinks of lennie as a animal, he compares him to a bear because his