Emotional Setting

The physical setting of the novel describes the time, place, and the physical features. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, it takes place around the mid 1900s in a farmland where George and Lennie get worked and paid at. There are also emotional settings that give readers the characters’ feeling someone or a situation. We could see the antagonist or emotional feeling between George and Curly. They didn’t like each other at all and it is obvious that a fight can easily occur between the two of them. George also has a collaborative emotional setting with Lennie. They try to work together as a group and help each other out when they need to, although Lennie is the one who needs help most of the time. When we take a look at George and the boss of the farm, it is more like a dog eat dog emotional setting situation. Both of them wanted to benefit from each other while they are not really collaborating and working together. George wanted to earn money from the boss and the boss just wanted workers to help me profit from his lands. It all has to do with money and that is why it is more like a dog eat dog emotional setting.