Point of View

Throughout the book John Steinbeck uses third person point of view. Of Mice and Men is originally a play but it is written as a novel. Only late in the book you begin to foreshadow many of the events that may accure that is hinted by earlier events.  John Steinbeck chooses to use third person point of view so we can develope our own opinions about all of the characters.  In the book the character's feelings, thoughts and fantasies are expressed directly by each of the character. Of Mice and Men is focused on time, too, is limited to the present.  The book doesn't tell you any flashbacks that may have occured that shows in the play. The only thing that the reader knows is what happened to George and Lennie before the novel begins through dialogue.

- Victoria