Of Mice And Men Color Analysis

What would you do if your best friend was blamed for a crime he didn’t do? Or killing someone's wife? What would you do if you had to kill your best friend? These three questions linger in the book Of Mice and Men. But what about the color you associate these questions with? Grey would be my answer. The color grey represents the sadness of life, and how hopeless one could feel. Loneliness and depression also comes in some sort of packet with the color as well. Grey represents hopelessness of what George and Lennie went through, like the girl in the red dress, the killing of Curley’s wife, and the killing of Lennie.
Lennie was always attracted to something that had a soft touch. He always enjoyed stroking mice and dogs, thanks to Aunt Clara
A vision of Aunt Clara met Lennie at the pond he was sitting at. Aunt Clara told Lennie that George could’ve had the best life, but because of him George stayed. She also told Lennie that George sacrificed everything him. Lennie then started hallucinating talking rabbits, as if the universe was telling Lennie a message. George appeared when Lennie started yelling about his mistakes, Lennie questioned why George wasn’t giving him hell about Curley’s wife. Frankly, George had a plan up his sleeve, he was going to get Lennie to be calm. Lennie talks about the future he has with George, how they will have rabbits and pups for Lennie to tend and a nice home to live in. “Look acrost the river, Lennie, an’ I’ll tell you so you can almost see it.” (Steinbeck, 105) George used the river excuse as a distraction to get Carlson’s Luger ready. Lennie waited for George to complete the story about their home, but George heard the voices getting closer and closer and he knew that what needed to be done, needed to be done now. The voices were closer than ever. George raised the gun to Lennie’s head height and steadied it. George's hand shook violently as his pointer finger was slowly pressing on the trigger. He steadied himself, his face was focused and his hand was finally still. He pulled the trigger. The sound of the gunshot filled the air around them. Slim heard the sound, so did Curley and Carlson. Grey filled the scene when
Lennie has made many mistakes in his life, to the point where his entire life he has felt hopeless of his actions. George felt hopeless for Lennie’s actions as well, George and Lennie were basically one person if one felt useless, the other did too, if one felt hopeless then the other felt it too. Imagine having to kill that bond with a gun. Would you do