Nature In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, the use of nature is portrayed as another way readers can predict what might happen next. In most cases, the setting is often introduced at the beginning of the chapter in Of Mice and Me and that is one of the only places it is introduced. If we did not have nature in the story, it would be incomplete and hard for readers to understand. Steinbeck portrays foreshadowing of nature through mood of how it is presented, imagery of how it is described, and finally symbolism in nature.
First nature is portrayed through foreshadowing by mood. Due to the fact that the nature and setting is presented at the beginning of the chapter, Steinbeck wants us to know what to feel for what is to come. In the sentence “Although there was evening brightness showering through the windows of the bunk house, inside it was dusk.” (Steinbeck 38) …show more content…

Through symbolism, Steinbeck is able to prove the beauty of nature itself and how it can take over something worse than it. At the end when Lennie is about to be killed, he starts to describe his happy place which puts him at ease. When Lennie was describing this, “An’ you get to tend the rabbits” Lennie giggled with happiness. “An’ live on the fatta the lan’.” (Steinbeck 103) he was able to find peace in such a stressful time. This shows that the power of nature was able to take over someone so they did not expect what was going to happen next. Although some might argue that nature has nothing to do with what the actions of characters are. It is apparent, that through these reasons Steinbeck wanted readers to believe they can. So, in Of Mice and Men Steinbeck used mood, imagery, and symbolism to show the true power of nature and how it is portrayed. Thus, giving readers a new and better understanding of how the symbolism of nature it able to help readers discover what is to

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