In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, it highlights two migrant workers named George and Lennie who go to a ranch in the Salinas Valley during the Great Depression in the search for employment. They come here in search for a job after an incident in Weed that forces Lennie and George to flee. In the third person point of view, the novel quickly reveals that Lennie is mentally handicapped while George is looking after Lennie to keep him out of trouble. George and Lennie work tirelessly to fulfill their dream of owning their own land, but that dream tarnishes when Lennie kills Curley’s wife at the end of the novel. As this plot unfolds before the reader, Steinbeck develops his earnest and straightforward style mainly through the heavy use of concise sensory details, striking diction, and organization. Steinbeck relies on imagery to impact the setting and characterization in the novel to develop his style. For example, the novel always starts out with a description of the outdoors and of the animals. For instance in Chapter one, it says,
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When George talks to Slim in Chapter three, he reveals that “him and me was both born in Auburn” (40), that Aunt Clara took care of Lennie, and that “when his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along” (40) to work with him. This flashback is extremely significant in that it reveals Lennie’s backstory and helps the audience know that someone has always been taking care of him all throughout his life due to being mentally handicapped. It appeals to the audience’s emotions in that they feel more respect towards George in that he took it upon himself to take care of Lennie for such a long time despite what George could do without him. These uses of chronological events and important flashbacks revealed Steinbeck’s straightforward and earnest style in concisely revealing the events and context of the
When George talks to Slim in Chapter three, he reveals that “him and me was both born in Auburn” (40), that Aunt Clara took care of Lennie, and that “when his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along” (40) to work with him. This flashback is extremely significant in that it reveals Lennie’s backstory and helps the audience know that someone has always been taking care of him all throughout his life due to being mentally handicapped. It appeals to the audience’s emotions in that they feel more respect towards George in that he took it upon himself to take care of Lennie for such a long time despite what George could do without him. These uses of chronological events and important flashbacks revealed Steinbeck’s straightforward and earnest style in concisely revealing the events and context of the