How does Steinbeck's distinctive use of language/ structure/ imagery contribute to the themes in Of Mice And Men?

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January 23, 2015

 

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Steinbeck uses animal metaphors and similes to strengthen the descriptions of the particularly important scenes and give dialogue or the actions made by the characters more emphasis. This animal imagery is used many times throughout the book, each time in a different way and lending a different effect to the passage...
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This animal imagery is used many times throughout the book, each time in a different way and lending a different effect to the passage. In one section of the book, (p 90) Curley is described "flopping like a fish". This not only makes him seem inferior to Lennie but makes him seem inferior to man. His status is lowered from a powerful man to a small squirming fish...
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