Of Mice and Men Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory

While Of Mice and Men occurs in a very specific time and place, each of the characters can be thought of as symbolizing broader populations. Though the book is not an allegory, and each character c...

The pool by the river is the place where Lennie and George’s story begins and ends. It is a safe sanctuary to meet and a place free from society, where Lennie and George can be themselves. Wh...

When George first tells the story of the dream farm, it's because Lennie's desperate for him to "Tell about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain...

When George first tells the story of the dream farm, it's because Lennie's desperate for him to "Tell about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain...

In the European medieval period, all the kids were going nuts for a type of drama called a morality play, in which the hero (often a guy named, cleverly, Everyman) encounters various human attribut...