Light And Dark In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Good and bad, hope and hopelessness, they both relate to light and dark. John Steinbeck, author of Of Mice and Men, uses the images of light and dark to convey hope amidst desolation during the Great Depression. By doing this, there is a special contrast between the characters, especially with Curley’s wife and the other ranch hands. Whenever Curley’s wife shows up, the theme of light and darkness are always hanging around the corner. In the beginning of novella, Steinbeck uses light to display the hope of George and Lennie’s “American Dream,” but also uses the dark to represent their dream slowly fading away during the course of the book.