Of Mice And Men Figurative Language

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Chapter 5 of John Steinback’s book, Of Mice and Men, vividly depicts Lennie immersing in a world of anger, sorrow, and worry after he tragically killed a little puppy. Lennie strategically employs passive voice to mask his responsibility for the dead puppy and his word choice shows his ambivalence towards the puppy. It’s evident that Lennie goes through a spectrum of emotions. Chapter 5 starts out with Lennie mournfully “[Stroking the dog] clear from one end to the other” (85). This realization that he killed the puppy is quickly dispersed with worry when Lennie says, “Now maybe George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits, if he fin’s out you got killed” (85). Instead of accepting the fact that he accidentally killed the puppy, Lennie worries

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