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Imagery - Quotations

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Imagery - Quotations

Steinbeck focuses on creating detailed descriptions of characters and settings. This allows the reader to picture the characters and settings very clearly, this is known as imagery.

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Description of Salinas River

  • “The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.” (Section 1).
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Description of the bunkhouse

  • “The bunkhouse was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.” (Section 2).
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Description of Crooks' barn

  • “And scattered about the floor were a number of personal possessions.” (Section 4).
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Description of Lennie

  • Lennie walks “the way a bear drags his paws” (Section 1).
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Description of Slim

  • Has a “hatchet face” (Section 2).
    • A hatchet is a small, sharp axe, and so this image suggests that Slim’s facial features are hard, sharp and clearly defined.

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2Plot

3Key Characters

4Themes

5Authorial Method

6Recap: Main Quotes

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