Symbols In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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“Of Mice and Men” is a book that as soon as you finish you are just in shock and aren't sure what just happened to you and your emotions. Symbols are something that you don't always pick up on but they were defiantly in “Of Mice and Men”. Some of the key symbols that are shown in my artwork are the barn which represents the farm that George and Lennie dream about getting (with the rabbits of course), And then the mouse that you can relate to Lennie. All of these things you think are simple but there are lots of little details that I will explain in this paper. .
In the first chapter of the book we find out that Lennie has a little dead mouse in his pocket that he has been petting as they walked. People with mental disabilities like Lennie like touching different textures. “Lennie’s closed hand slowly obeyed. George took the mouse and threw it across the pool to the other side, among the brush. “What you want of a dead mouse, anyways?” George says “I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along,” said Lennie. “Well, you ain’t petting no mice while you walk with me. You remember where we’re goin’ now?”(Steinbeck, 4) This shows that Lennie loves textures and that he is innocent and immediately assumes that George will accuse him of killing the mouse so he defends himself without even the slightest hesitation which shows us he has a reputation and is
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The artwork that I made symbolizes freedom, dreams and innocence two things that are very prominent in the book “Of Mice and Men”. George and Lennie are both looking for freedom in there dreams, and Lennie is the prime of innocence. He doesn't understand that what he does has consequences outside of George yelling at him. Lennie in the book is compared to a bear, horse, terrier and most importantly it isn't directly said but I think he can be compared to the mouse he was petting at the very beginning of the