Of Mice and Men

Chapter One Pictures and Response

This is a picture of John Steinbeck who is the author of the book "Of Mice and Men."

This is the picture I chose to use for George Milton because it shows similar characteristics between the two, such as his serious sharp featured face, but also very calm at the same time. He is tough and strong and he is the man who looks after Lennie and his mental disabilities.

I chose to use this picture for Lennie because it somewhat reminded me of him. Both having a dumb look and are both large. I also chose it because the stuffed animal symbolises how Lennie loved soft things (The dress, Mice, dogs, rabbits) in the book.

The setting of the story was in Soledad meaning lonely. This picture shows a village in a big area that is empty and "lonely".

Chapter 1 Response

From reading the first chapter of the book, I noticed Steinbeck's use of details and imagery in his writing. The first page really shows his style in writing especially with his use of words and descriptions that painted an accurate clear picture in my head of the setting. In the first section of the book, it introduces some of the characters and that really gave me an understanding of the type of book it was going to be. By reading pages and pages of Chapter 1, i realised that even if Lennie and George were completley different people with different personalities, Lennie depended on George and George was devoted to Lennie. I noticed alot of foreshadowing in section and one example is when Lennie touches Curley's wife's dress and that gives the reader an idea of him maybe being a touchy person, but because he likes soft things, not for any other reason =P.