How does the natural setting of the novel contrast to the ranch? How is the idealized world Steinbeck creates using imagery different than the harsh...

The two
contrasting settings (the secluded pond
and the ranch) present diametrically opposed
environments in whichandlearn to
exist. At the pond, George presents it to Lennie as a place of
refuge, where
Lennie is to go in case of trouble at the ranch. It is uncivilized, as opposed
to
the civilization of the ranch. It is a place of food and drink, where
shelter is not even
necessary as they sleep under the stars. All that
is...