mple of one of the most moving and generous acts that a person is capable of doing: " She moved slowly to the bed and stood looking down at the wasted face, into the wide frightened eyes. Then slowly she lay down beside him. He shook his head slowly from side to side. Rose of Sharon loosened one side of the blanket and bared her breast. "You got to." She said. She squirmed closer and pulled his head close. "There." She said. "There." (Grapes, pg. 455).Rose of Sharon gives the old starving man the gift she could not give her baby; she gave the old man life.Steinbeck uses the powerful friendship of George and Lennie and the social structure of the Migrants to depict the limitless stretches one would go for his fellow man once a deep connection has been made. In The Grapes of Wrath, he presents this idea on a large scale, with a large group of people who bond closely through compassion, sympathy and the desire to survive. On the other hand, in Of Mice and Men, he presents one's dedication to his fellow man on a more personal level. Steinbeck brings the nature of humanity to the spotlight and exposes the fierce values it posesses.JAMES SHELLARD ...