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“Colors”, she describes herself as the color red. This shows that red means many things to many people. The color that best represents Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is red because it represents anger and violence, which often come with the other, as well as love.
Another emotion that red represents is anger. Anger is colored red by red cheeks and how your vision flashes that same color. It is an emotion often felt in Of Mice and Men by people, such as Curley's wife. One time she gets angry is when Crooks talks back to her. She thinks that she is better than him because he is black, and, as Curley's wife, she has power to harm him. On page 81 she says, “I could get you strung up on a tree so easy, it ain't even funny” (Steinbeck). Another time you can feel Curley's wife’s anger is when she tells Lennie that she's glad that he beat him up. She said that he deserved it and that she sometimes wished she could do the same. Another place her anger is seen is when Lennie tells her that he can't talk to her. She is angry because of the discrimination she feels because she is a woman and Curley's wife. The book describes that “her face grew angry” (Steinbeck 87). She is angry because she didn't get to …show more content…
Violence is felt by Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Lennie is violent when he kills the puppy. In this case, Lennie’s violence is accompanied by anger, as it often is. He get angry and violent towards the dead puppy. “God damn you. Why do you got to get killed?” (Steinbeck 85) he says. Another time he gets angry and violent is when he kills Curley's wife. His feelings start as feat, but quickly morph into the red emotions of anger and violence. He yells at Curley's wife in a similarly to how he yelled at the puppy. “Now don't. I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus’ like George says you will” (Steinbeck 91). Lennie’s violence is a pivotal piece in Of Mice and
“Colors”, she describes herself as the color red. This shows that red means many things to many people. The color that best represents Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is red because it represents anger and violence, which often come with the other, as well as love.
Another emotion that red represents is anger. Anger is colored red by red cheeks and how your vision flashes that same color. It is an emotion often felt in Of Mice and Men by people, such as Curley's wife. One time she gets angry is when Crooks talks back to her. She thinks that she is better than him because he is black, and, as Curley's wife, she has power to harm him. On page 81 she says, “I could get you strung up on a tree so easy, it ain't even funny” (Steinbeck). Another time you can feel Curley's wife’s anger is when she tells Lennie that she's glad that he beat him up. She said that he deserved it and that she sometimes wished she could do the same. Another place her anger is seen is when Lennie tells her that he can't talk to her. She is angry because of the discrimination she feels because she is a woman and Curley's wife. The book describes that “her face grew angry” (Steinbeck 87). She is angry because she didn't get to …show more content…
Violence is felt by Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Lennie is violent when he kills the puppy. In this case, Lennie’s violence is accompanied by anger, as it often is. He get angry and violent towards the dead puppy. “God damn you. Why do you got to get killed?” (Steinbeck 85) he says. Another time he gets angry and violent is when he kills Curley's wife. His feelings start as feat, but quickly morph into the red emotions of anger and violence. He yells at Curley's wife in a similarly to how he yelled at the puppy. “Now don't. I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus’ like George says you will” (Steinbeck 91). Lennie’s violence is a pivotal piece in Of Mice and