Of Mice and Men
Summary of, ‘Of Mice & Men’ Chapter by chapter Chapter 1 The chapter starts with George and Lennie camping at a brush next to the Salinas River. Steinbeck immediately presents us with a vivid description of the setting. He describes it as a tranquil setting until George and Lennie come into the area. Steinbeck portrays this as a disruption to the setting and ‘The rabbits hurried noiselessly for cover. A stilted heron laboured up in the air and pounded down river.’ Lennie then drinks water from the pool. We immediately get the sense that there is something wrong or strange about Lennie’s mental state when he gets amused by the circles in the water he makes by splashing. This is then re-enforced when Lennie mimics Georges posture and then afterwards when Lennie forgot where the two were supposed to be headed for but remember about George’s promise concerning the pet rabbits. Lennie is then found petting a dead mouse and George scolds him and throws away the mouse. Also Steinbeck d...