Of mice and men (settings)

the brush (chapter 1)

“the water is warm”

calm, natural imagery. a symbol of peace, safety and the dream

the dream starts and ends here→ fragile and unttainable

the brush (chapter 6)

“a water snake glided smoothly up the pool)

the story ends at the same place showing that they made no real progress indicating the impossibility of the dream

the bunkhouse/ranch

“there is a litter of old magazines)

lack of privacy → lonliness + power hierachy
their lives are controlled. boredom, lack of stimulation

Crooks’ Room

“a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn

Segregation & isolation

His room symbolises how prejudice exculdes people from the dream of equality