Of mice and men; places and their significance
I chose to write about the pool in the beginning of the book and the bunkhouse. I have chosen the pool because it is a calm and relaxing place, like a paradise compared to the bunkhouse. The bunkhouse is a simple building with as little money spent on it as possible and no effort to make it comfortable for the workers living there. The characters spend a lot of time throughout the book and most of the key events take place here.
The pool is of great significance to the plot of the book and is where George and Lennie are first introduced. It is in this area that you begin to build up an idea, as the reader, of the relationship between the two and understand what their situation is. The pool signifies …show more content…
It begins to show you the friction and disagreement between them, as all the animals clear the area and only return when they are sleeping. The end of the chapter shows the effects George and Lennie have on the area. At first it is described as a place full of life, yet when the two arrive it seems “lifeless”. This conveys the fact that Lennie is a danger, even the animals can tell this.
I think that Steinbeck wanted to leave the impression that the pool is like a place of paradise compared to the places that the men usually stay in. their lives are come and go, work until you die; the pool is a glimpse of the beauty, hope and safety they have been longing for. It is used to exaggerate the fact that everywhere else they go and everyone they meet is temporary and depressing. It also shows to the reader the terrible condition they live their lives in, due to the fact that they find sleeping without a bed near a small pond such a …show more content…
As each of the characters are introduced, the tension begins to play out. By the end of the chapter, the relationships between the characters have been established and the mood is uneasy.
Although it seems to convey a sad mood, there are still lots of signs of life. “Table littered with playing cards 2, this shows the men play together and do have relationships with each other, even if they are temporary. The playing cards are a motif as they appear whenever an important issue is being discussed george will shuffle and set out the playing cards. This signifies that George is used to being in difficult conversations due to the trouble that lennie creates, so perhaps shuffles the cards to calm himself.
The bunkhouse during the day while the men are working gives an eerie feel as cards are scattered mid game, beds are unmade and the few belongings that the men have are all around the room. This signifies the life the men live and how they can put it on hold to leave at any moment without leaving much behind. The lack of belongings suggests that the men are ready to leave at any moment, but also how little they know about eachother and how little the reader discovers about the characters. The men don 't show their emotions and evidently dont feel connected to belongings, as they don 't have
I chose to write about the pool in the beginning of the book and the bunkhouse. I have chosen the pool because it is a calm and relaxing place, like a paradise compared to the bunkhouse. The bunkhouse is a simple building with as little money spent on it as possible and no effort to make it comfortable for the workers living there. The characters spend a lot of time throughout the book and most of the key events take place here.
The pool is of great significance to the plot of the book and is where George and Lennie are first introduced. It is in this area that you begin to build up an idea, as the reader, of the relationship between the two and understand what their situation is. The pool signifies …show more content…
It begins to show you the friction and disagreement between them, as all the animals clear the area and only return when they are sleeping. The end of the chapter shows the effects George and Lennie have on the area. At first it is described as a place full of life, yet when the two arrive it seems “lifeless”. This conveys the fact that Lennie is a danger, even the animals can tell this.
I think that Steinbeck wanted to leave the impression that the pool is like a place of paradise compared to the places that the men usually stay in. their lives are come and go, work until you die; the pool is a glimpse of the beauty, hope and safety they have been longing for. It is used to exaggerate the fact that everywhere else they go and everyone they meet is temporary and depressing. It also shows to the reader the terrible condition they live their lives in, due to the fact that they find sleeping without a bed near a small pond such a …show more content…
As each of the characters are introduced, the tension begins to play out. By the end of the chapter, the relationships between the characters have been established and the mood is uneasy.
Although it seems to convey a sad mood, there are still lots of signs of life. “Table littered with playing cards 2, this shows the men play together and do have relationships with each other, even if they are temporary. The playing cards are a motif as they appear whenever an important issue is being discussed george will shuffle and set out the playing cards. This signifies that George is used to being in difficult conversations due to the trouble that lennie creates, so perhaps shuffles the cards to calm himself.
The bunkhouse during the day while the men are working gives an eerie feel as cards are scattered mid game, beds are unmade and the few belongings that the men have are all around the room. This signifies the life the men live and how they can put it on hold to leave at any moment without leaving much behind. The lack of belongings suggests that the men are ready to leave at any moment, but also how little they know about eachother and how little the reader discovers about the characters. The men don 't show their emotions and evidently dont feel connected to belongings, as they don 't have