of mice and men
Explore the way’s Steinbeck presents and uses setting in ‘Of Mice and Men’
John Steinbeck uses a range of techniques to present setting in Of Mice and Men, for example he uses foreshadowing, pathetic fallacy, personification, alliteration, metaphors, similes and more. He uses these to add to the tension in the book and make it seem like they are actually in 1980s America.
The Bunk House-
Steinbeck shows the bunk house in many different perspectives. He writes about the people on the ranch having no freedom and not being able to go anywhere and he implies that they have short site of the world outside of the ranch. My evidence of this is where he talks about ‘a wooden latch’. This suggest that they are being hold back on the ranch by one little latch that will always stand in their way. It also gives us a hint at the Great Depression when workers and family members had to live there home and find jobs with little pay, this means that if they would try to leave the ranch throw the latch they may never find work again. Steinbeck also gives us a hint at The American Dream and that it’s different for each person on the ranch. My evidence of this is when Steinbeck refers to the ‘rushing stars’. This tells us that the ranch men’s dreams may not come true if they just wish on rushing stars and believe that it might happen, just like George and Lennie’s dream. Their dream of having their own farm with animals like rabbits might never happen it just a wish silly ranch men make to keep them happy and to believe. Steinbeck uses the sense that there gambling because there bored and have nothing else to do. The evidence of this is when he’s talking about the ‘playing cards’. Playing card is one off the only things they can play or do on the ranch, so this might suggest they would get bored if they have to do the same things over again and have nothing else to do. The playing cards show use that they may need to gamble because it is one off the only ways to get money on the
John Steinbeck uses a range of techniques to present setting in Of Mice and Men, for example he uses foreshadowing, pathetic fallacy, personification, alliteration, metaphors, similes and more. He uses these to add to the tension in the book and make it seem like they are actually in 1980s America.
The Bunk House-
Steinbeck shows the bunk house in many different perspectives. He writes about the people on the ranch having no freedom and not being able to go anywhere and he implies that they have short site of the world outside of the ranch. My evidence of this is where he talks about ‘a wooden latch’. This suggest that they are being hold back on the ranch by one little latch that will always stand in their way. It also gives us a hint at the Great Depression when workers and family members had to live there home and find jobs with little pay, this means that if they would try to leave the ranch throw the latch they may never find work again. Steinbeck also gives us a hint at The American Dream and that it’s different for each person on the ranch. My evidence of this is when Steinbeck refers to the ‘rushing stars’. This tells us that the ranch men’s dreams may not come true if they just wish on rushing stars and believe that it might happen, just like George and Lennie’s dream. Their dream of having their own farm with animals like rabbits might never happen it just a wish silly ranch men make to keep them happy and to believe. Steinbeck uses the sense that there gambling because there bored and have nothing else to do. The evidence of this is when he’s talking about the ‘playing cards’. Playing card is one off the only things they can play or do on the ranch, so this might suggest they would get bored if they have to do the same things over again and have nothing else to do. The playing cards show use that they may need to gamble because it is one off the only ways to get money on the