Nature in Of Mice and M by Jenna Alireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z en-us 2016-05-05 08:21:21 UTC 2024-04-11 09:05:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/earth.jpg First Chapter - Man's disruption of Nature JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109376532 "A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down river. For a moment the place was lifeless, and then two men emerged from the path and came into the opening by the green pool."  
“In front of the low horizontal limb of a giant sycamore there is an ash pile made by many fires; the limb is worn smooth by men who have sat on it."
Man disturbs nature repeatedly in the book,  it is quiet obvious that nature fears man and the destruction they bring. The novel has a continuous battle between man and nature. Man editing and disturbing nature and nature trying to get it back.
]]> 2016-05-05 08:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109376532 Salinas  JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697016 2016-05-07 05:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697016 Violence in Nature JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697091
"A water snake slipped along on the pool, its head held up like a little periscope"
 “A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.”
The Natural world gives the reader a rest from the violence of the ranch however as seen in chapter six violence is still prevalent within nature. Steinbeck does this show how violence can never be escaped from and is a necessity to survive. 

The beginning of the novel starts off with a peaceful animal- harmless and calm reflecting the scenery at the beginning of the novel. The snake can be seen to reflect the main characters- them too unharmed and somewhat calm at the beginning.
The next time the snake is mentioned everything changed. The once peaceful lake is seen as a crime scene- broken and full with distress and danger. Steinbeck uses the death of the once peaceful snake to reflect the danger approaching Lennie.

]]> 2016-05-07 05:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697091 Candy's Dog JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697342  “That dog of Candy’s is so God damn old he can’t hardly walk. Stinks like hell, too. Ever’ time he comes into the bunk house I can smell him for two, three days.”
The statement is said by Carlson and it is a great example of the disrespect and betrayal of man towards animals and the natural word. The disrespect is more clear when the reader realises that Candy's dog is anamorphic version of Candy, and Carlson when never kill Candy on such petty things for the soul reason that Candy is human.
]]> 2016-05-07 06:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697342 Candy's dog - Foreshadowing JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697665
Carlson said, “The way I’d shoot him, he wouldn’t feel nothing. I’d put the gun right there.” He pointed with his toe. “Right back of the head. He wouldn’t even quiver.”
"George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger."
Candy’s dog is also a direct correlation and foreshadowing to the death of Lennie. They both get shot in the back of the head and they both die because the one person person that genuinely care for them did not have the power to save them. For Curley it’s because he has no say in the matter and for George it’s because Lennie’s fate was beyond his control.
]]> 2016-05-07 06:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109697665 Nature's colour vs Bunkhouse Colour JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109698164 “the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.”
“willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding; and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs”
Nature in the novel is described to have more vibrant colours in comparison to the bunkhouse which is des ribed as dull and colourless. Steinbeck does this to portary the natural world as full of life whilst the human world as dark and dreary.

“The bunk house was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.”
]]> 2016-05-07 07:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109698164 JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109698548 2016-05-07 07:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109698548 JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109698562 2016-05-07 07:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/109698562 Begining and Ending In nature JennaAlireza https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/110057968 The Novel begins and ends in the same location in the brush along the Salinas river. The inevitability of the story coming back to this location is hinted at throughout the story mostly be George knowing that Lennie will do something bad and telling him to come back to this location. This cycle shows how everything starts in nature and how everything must return to nature including man's actions, this is why many of the characters are described as nature, because the have animalistic tendencies.]]> 2016-05-10 10:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/JennaAlireza/kbmglcunwx7z/wish/110057968