How does Steinbeck use the brush in chapters 1 and 6 to show his view on survival of the fittest and dreams?

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Homework: How does Steinbeck use the brush in chapters 1 and 6 to show his view on survival of the fittest and dreams?

Steinbeck has shown a direct significance in chapters 1 and 6 to show his view on survival of the fittest and dreams. The novel is cyclical as we examine, begins and ends in the same place. The beginning included keywords such as ‘twinkling’, ‘sunlight’ and ‘golden’, which makes the setting seem almost like the Garden of Eden. It has also been quoted that ‘a path had been beaten hard by boys’, portraying the theme of the novel, where nature being the weak and man destroying it with their power, shows the weak never survive and it’s the battle of the survival of the fittest.

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Even throughout the novel, events are foreshadowed throughout. Where the death of Candy’s dog foreshadows the death of Lennie, Lennie killing the mouse, the puppy, and then the girl, all show a link to what may happen.

Both chapter 1 and chapter 6 feature animals to foreplay the story where Steinbeck can give us two ideas to the theme of the novel and where he introduces the water snake and heron. Where in the first chapter everything seems to be calm and under control and peaceful, but in the last chapter it seems as if good (being nature) had been ...

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