Of Mice and Men Questions and Answers Graded A+

The beginning of the novel begins with a rich description of physical setting. Cite examples of 3 uses of descriptive language. Explain the effect on the mood created by Steinbeck by beginning the narrative with this description. Answers will vary "The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool." (Pg. 1) "On the sandy bank under the trees the leaves lie deep and so crisp that a lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them." (Pg. 1) "There is a path through the willows and among the sycamores, a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water." (Pags. 1-2)