olved and promoted in the film. In 1962, Steinbeck was honored again with the award of The Nobel Prize in literature. John Steinbeck’s use of Charicterization and Imagery can easily be show through his best selling novel Of Mice and Men. The book Of Mice and Men is about loneliness and the need for companionship. Steinbeck has said that he wrote this novel along with most of his other novels, to challenge his readers sense of values and morals and also to increase there awareness of the horrible things that people are capable of doing. The title of the book was taken from a poem that was written by Robert Burns that goes like this: “But, Mousie, thou art no thy laneIn proving foresight may be vain:The best laid schemes of mice and menGang aft agley,And leave us nought but grief and painFor promised joy.”In the novel, George Milton travels with his companion Lennie Smalles. George Milton was a small serious man who always looked after his traveling companion Lennie Smalls. Lennie Smalls was a large, mentally handicapped man who was George’s loyal follower and friend. Lennie’s uncontrollable impulses and ignorance continually got him into trouble and eventually cause his downfall. John vividly describes these two main characters, in a perfect example of characterization, on page two of his novel. The quote goes as follows: “Both wore black, shapeless hats and both carried tight blanket roles thrown over there shoulder. The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp strong features…. Behind him walked his opposite a huge man, shapeless face, with large pale eyes, with wide sloping shoulders, and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws.” This illustration reveals just how well Steinbeck describes his characters. With the descriptions and literary devices, such as metaphors and similes, the characters seem to come...
