imagery and symbolism

p1 imagery - quotes

the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off

light was growing soft in the barn - when curleys wife dies

silence was in the room again - dog dies

candy lay silent

warm and water has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight - at the beginning

the limb is worn smooth by men who have sat on it - animals vs humans

rabbits hurried noiselessly for cover

stilted heron labored up into the air

p1 - imagery explanation

rich in imagery to highlight keu aspects of the nature of the characterisations

vivid scenes with imagery that describes americas rural landscape and beautiful but brutal p juxtaposes beauty with darker imagery = hidden danger

p3 - symbolism

motif relates lennie to animals to highlight his unwitting and uncontrollable physical strength: strong as a bull, a bear drags his paws, like a horse

lennies threatenig ature is juxtaposed with his innocence in his love for soft things and animals e.g. rabbits, pettin it

steinbeck uses parallel/mirror scenes to symbolise growing problems on the rancg as lennie loses a job for touching a girl in a red dress, later kills curleys wife whos fingernails were red - lennie is shot at the end for laubility and burden he as become but at beginning dog is shot

repeated chant for indpendence is symbolised by the dream - george hasa desire for self sufficicency, referring to the american dream

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