The color that best represents Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is red because it represents the theme of friendship, anger and determination which describes George and Lennie’s situation despite hard times. Friendship is the state of being in a friendly relationship with someone. Anger is a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence towards someone or something. Lastly, determination is the act of setting a goal to accomplish something. All of these feelings are directly portrayed in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.
One reason red is the perfect color to represent Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is the theme of friendship it represents. The feeling of friendship between George and Lennie throughout this story is so strong you can feel it emulating off of them all the way up to the end. Even when George is about to kill Lennie you can sense that he doesn't want to do it because he's his friend, they grew up together. He even wants to end it fast and peacefully much like Candy’s dog. This is true as George says “No, Lennie. Look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the place.”(Steinbeck 106) implying the land they want to
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Curley is one of the more prominent examples of anger being portrayed in Of Mice and Men. He takes a particular disliking towards big guys like Lennie, this is because he wants to look tough for his wife and to show who’s boss in a way. For example, when he challenges Lennie because he thought he was laughing at him, Curley says, “What the hell you laughin’ at? No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me. I'll show you who's yellow.”(Steinbeck, 62) Likewise, throughout the novel you see George grow angry with Lennie because of his tendency to do stupid things. For example, when George says in reference to Lennie wanting ketchup with his food “What ever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty if I was alone I could live so easy!” (Steinbeck,