[dumbgeek]

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[jintea]

(Original post by dumbgeek)
can someone help me with the language technqiues from of mice and men

e.g. "drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse"

here the language techinue used is a simile

do you get the idea

any help will be appreciated
Thanks.x

I'm assuming these are the gestures that describe lennie.
ok..language techniques hm.

steinbeck uses a lot of emotive language to describe lennie.
at one point I can recall, Slim says: "just like a kid"
that was when lennie was playing with the pups in barn..
it reflects lennie's mannerisms to his surroundings and his state of mind.
he just likes to touch soft things.. which makes the reader sympathise.

[uthred50]

What sort of level?
Is this GCSE analysis, A level or what?

It's a decent novel that is. I'm yet to read the Grapes of Wrath, though i'm told it's a bit tedious...
Of mice and men is rather a touching novel isn't it? Lots of techniques to write about there mate; just have a good look and they'll be cropping up everywhere, and a little thought and you can explain their effect
Sometimes a little thought is better than being spoon-fed answers.

Good luck with that,
urh =]

[dumbgeek]

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[0129Hippy]

Errr hallo everyone!? Is English your second languages or something??? Steinbeck is using that language to familarise the reader to the idea that Lennie is, maybe not an animal, but with animal traits and the dangerous spontaneous nature that comes with it.
Also, notice this trend throughout the whole novel, ie in the case of Candy's dog, and the way Lennie went in the same kind of way to it. When Lennie and George are first described, Lennie is likened to a bear if i can remember rightly, draging his feet as well i think...

[greeneggs]

Haven't read this for years now, but I remember a bit...
*Candy's dog is a metaphor for Candy himself: "old an' a cripple"
*Curley's high heeled boots - he is uncomfortable with his height - napoleon complex "like a lot of little guys, he hates big guys". His glove fulla vasaline is a symbol of oneupmanship he has sex and money, the other ranchers dont. This also shows he sees his wife as his property that he can boast about, not an individual.
*Curley's wife described as a "rat trap".
*Think about dialect too, and where this places people on the social ladder.
*Short sentences eg. "So I married Curley." - disguise - makes it seem simple, even right.
*And of course the simile you've already mentioned. Lennie is repeatedly reffered to as being like an animal. Like a bear to show that he is potentially lethal.

I don't know if any of that makes sense, it's been a while. Good luck anyway.

Oh, and relax Hippy. What the OP is asking for is other techniques used in the novel, rather than to explain the simile posted. It was just an example. But I wont be mean because you didn't understand... maybe English is your second language.