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Of Mice and Men Nature/Animals Nature/Animals Steinbeck compares the looks and features of the characters in Of Mice and Men to animals e.g. “Bristly white whiskers”. This shows that Steinbeck is comparing Candy’s facial features to a cat’s whiskers. Nature/Animals John Steinbeck is very passionate about nature, he writes about it with lots of detailed description and also very poetically, “The Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green”. This shows that Steinbeck includes his passion for nature within the book Of Mice and Men. Nature/Animals John Steinbeck describes the setting in full detail for instance, “The little breeze blew over the clearing and the leaves rustled and the wind waves flowed up the green pool”. This quote shows that Steinbeck is very passionate when describing the landscape and nature around him. He uses alliteration ‘breeze blew’ wind waves’ within the description to make the reader feel passionate about nature too. Nature/Animals Steinbeck describes the animals in Of Mice and Men with passion and feeling, “The ancient dog walked lamely in through the open door. He gazed about with mild, half- blind eyes. He sniffed, and then lay down and put his head between his paws” This shows Steinbeck puts his personal opinion and feelings into the description of the dog, and uses emotive language ‘lamely, half-blind’ within his description of Candy’s dog to make the reader feel sorry him. Nature/Animals John Steinbeck is very passionate about nature, especially the morning and evening. He writes about the evening very poetically: “Already the sun had left the valley to go climbing up the Gabilan mountains , and the hilltops were rosy with sun. But by the pool among the mottled sycamores, a pleasant shade had fallen.” This shows that Steinbeck has used personification “go climbing” to make the description of nature more passionate and to make it seem more alive. Nature/Animals John Steinbeck uses the title ‘Of Mice And M