Form this paragraph, John Stienbeck seta the scene Of Mice and Men though his use of imagery as he describes the natural world as a parallel to later events in the novelle. In the quote "the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green" the aurthor boldly describes both Lennie and Goerge. The word "green" is commonly used to signify something or somebody younge, nieve, and full of life. While the phrase "runs deep" could be used to discribe someone very stable, solid, or strong. The word "green" can be paralleled with the character Lennie, he is very nieve and full of life at heart. The phrase 'runs deep" reminds me of Goerge because of how stong and stable of a character he is in this book, he spends the majority of the Novel taking care of Lennie and himself. The words "rocky, mountain, and strong" all stand out in the next quote to me. "Rocky" meaning jagged and unstabble, "Mountain" refering to an obstacle, and "strong" defining something defined or well put together. To me "rocky" descibes Lennie to a tee, he is very unstabble mentally. "Mountain" in this quote signifies life in general, the obstacles that you might face. And "strong" defines Goerge being as in mentally he is the stronger of the two. In the quote "under the trees the leave lie deep and so crisp", the words "trees" and "leaves" stand out to me. "Trees" meaning somebodys home, their stable place. And "leaves" being people who have fallen away or left home. Like whenevr the leaves change colors in the fall and drop off the trees. In this same way Lennie and Goerge changed with time and decided it was time to leave home.



Topic Sentence: The third-person objective point of view accentuates the differences between each character through descriptions of their traits by way of others observing.

1st Chunk: The chosen quote from page 37 of the novel states that "Curley seemed really to see George for the first time. His eyes flashed over George, took in his height, measured his reach, looked at his trim middle." When he encountered George in the bunkhouse, looking for his wife, Curley only noticed George because of his involvement in locating the woman, and because of George's attitude. Curley was a small man and had self-confidence issues, forcing him to constantly be vigilant in the pursuit for fight to prove to himself and others that he was not to be taken lightly. He looked over George to see how big he was in comparison, sizing up a potential opponet. George also happened to be small, this making Curley feel relieved and more at ease when talking to him, reassuring him that the fight, if one ensued, would not be a great challenge.

2nd Chunk: Crooks, the black stable buck, always "[Crooks] kept his distance and demanded that other people kept theirs." (pg 67) As also stated in the passage Crooks was "proud" and "aloof." These quotes from Of Mice and Men show that Crooks knew he was different from everyone else. Keeping out of the way of the other ranch workers' was the only way Crooks knew of to keep his pride and prevent his insecurities from overwhelming him. Third person perspective allows people to see the differences in Crooks better than if first person perspective was used; first person often evokes feelings similar to the narrator's in the reader and unbiased opinions, best derived from the third person, are better for evaluating the text.


Concluding Sentence: Without the descriptive passages regarding these characters in third-person objective perspective, these inhabitants of Of Mice and Men would not be as clear to "see" as they are.