Light - Quotations
English Lit: Edexcel IGCSE Of Mice & Men, topic 6.2.2
Light - Quotations
In the more descriptive sections of Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck makes lots of significant references to light.
Description of the bunkhouse
- "Although there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunkhouse, inside it was dusk.” (Section 2).
- Creates a gloomy atmosphere.
Description of Crooks' barn
- "In the stable buck’s room a small electric globe threw a meagre yellow light.” (Section 4).
- Indicates the atmosphere in the barn is dark.
Description of Curley's wife's death
- “The sun streaks climbed up the wall” (Section 5) before she is killed.
- “The sun streaks were high on the wall by now, and the light was growing soft in the barn” (Section 5) after Lennie has killed her.
Description of Lennie's death
- “The light climbed out of the valley.” (Section 6).
- Light could represent hope and happiness, so the light disappearing at this point could be Steinbeck’s way of telling us that hope is now lost.
Test yourself on Light - Quotations
How is the light described when Lennie dies?