"Of Mice and Men" Commentary: Description of Crooks' Barn

The passage is from "Of Mice and Men". Steinbeck describes Crooks' room for the first time. In this passage, Steinbeck is illustrating Crooks' barn to the reader as the setting on the passage. First, he describes everything in detail that is located in Crooks' barn while using powerful diction to clarify Crooks' character. Second, he describes Crooks' barn as his source of his pride and self-respect while reinstating his loneliness. Third, Steinbeck uses sound imagery …

…Steinbeck's diction is necessary to provide his depth of meaning. He also describes Crooks' barn as his source of his pride and self-respect while reinstating his loneliness. Steinbeck uses sound imagery to foreshadow and to set the tone of the passage. The passage also reinforces the theme of loneliness by illustrating Crooks' barn in a sad, depressing tone. Steinbeck uses many other literary devices to precisely convey the points from his book to the reader.