Film and Novel Comarison of Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck

Film and Novel Comarison of Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck

For my assignment I am going to compare both directors of the book and

the film, and also their writing techniques.

The director of the film has many different techniques to utilize;

actors, camera shots, location, properties, sound, music, light.

Compared to the way John Steinbeck wrote the book, Gary Sinise

interpreted the novel very differently. John Steinbeck's novel is

sequential, but Sinise chose to ignore this.

The writer in contrast, has only words to make their special effects.

John Steinbeck uses a Panorama to open his novel. A panorama opening

to the novel: California, Gabilan Mountains, Salinas River, Soledad

Town, Pool Animals, Men, and George/Lennie.

The language at the opening of the novel is tranquil and serine nature

is in harmony with man.

The opening of the novel creates tension in my opinion as the reader

of the book, as all we see at first is a girl in a torn red dress,

running across the fields and screaming, dogs and men shouting, and I

think this generates tension as we don't know what is going on and

this keeps the reader in suspense. The long camera shot becomes a

medium shot as she approaches. The volume increases. The colour of her

dress is very bright, bright red which catches our eyes, as the

background she is in is in a farmland, with lots of yellow and light

brown. It is very bright and sunny outside at the time. All we can see

now is the back of her, her running for sympathy. At this stage there

are several quick changes of camera shots, music, atmosphere etc. The

more people entering the scene, the more different types of

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...sponse to Curley's wife is always abrupt, because he's

conceives of Lennie besides him, liking 'soft things'. George's own

relationship to women has been ruined, by his responsibility of

Lennie. He cannot allow himself to appreciate a woman's charms or to

even fantasize. In this he really shows the sacrifice he makes for

Lennie.

It's significant that Slim can flirt with Curley's wife 'hi

good-looking' when nobody else would dare to. Curley would not touch

Slim; he has the respect and admiration of everyone on the ranch

including the boss.

Lennie has not developed any sexual awareness, he calls Curley's wife

'purty' in the same way he likes a mouse, a rabbit, and a pup. We can

see why George worries about him. Lennie's need for sexual stimulant

takes the place of a mature sexuality or any hope of a relationship.