PART TWO
3) Outline the setting of your novel. Where does it take place? Remember time, place and circumstance. What does this setting remind you of? May be a place, another movie, a family vacation, ect.

The setting of “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck takes place in the 1930’s. Coincidentally at the same time the author was living, the time of the Great Depression, where many people were out of work within California and though out the United States. Millions of people were looking for jobs and many worked on farms/ranches just like George Milton and Lennie Small. The setting is of great importance to the plot of the book. The main setting is on a ranch south of Soledad, California. Where there are bunk houses, stables, and a main barn.  In the beginning it starts off when George and Lennie step out into a clearing into the woods by a stream close to the Salinas River. It’s during this time we get to know about the history of George and Lennie‘s friend ship and about their personal lives. In the morning the two men arrive at the ranch that they will be working on for the time being.  The bunk house is where all workers live and sleep. The walls of the bunk house were described to be whitewashed and the floors unpainted, the wall beside each bunk, were shelves for personal belongings (if you had them) and there was also baby powder, razors, magazines. The stable is occupied by a horse and Crooks (the stable buck). Crooks is separated from the other male workers because he is black. The setting very much reminds me of  The Walking Dead TV series settings because both places seem lonely and kind of have an empty fill. When I picture the setting of the book I think of dull colours not vibrant ones because the Great Depression wasn't a happy time. Usually bright colours are shown to represent a good time in this case it was not.