was both a
storyteller and a social critic. In his novella , Steinbeck employs what
has been termed a "visionary style" withproviding the surface form for Steinbeck's
broader interest in the unconscious, recurring myths, and symbolic characters in a carefully
structured narrative.
Steinbeck's realism is often veneering for his keen
interest in the philosophy of fraternity, symbolic characters, and the psychology of the
unconscious and that of the mob. Often his narratives demonstrate how thesetting in which there
appears to be a certain contentment deteriorates because of the actions of men. The opening
scene of Section 1, the clearing into whichandenter is a scene of harmony for the various
animals that come to drink from the pool. But, while George and Lennie are there, they quarrel,
breaking the peace andfuture social dynamics in the narrative. Later, in the quiet of
nature--"A dove's wings whistled over the...
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