Question

(1) ultimately, steinbeck manipulates the setting to emphasize both lennies failures and societys violent response to his mistakes. (2) at the novels onset, steinbeck illustrates the beautiful and hopeful salinas river with its willows fresh and green with every spring. (3) this ironically optimistic portrait furthermore, steinbeck forces lennie to return to the same setting at the novels close when he is in hiding from the angry ranch workers. (7) lennies movements are now accelerated, and steinbeck states on page 96 he suddenly appeared out of the brush. (8) lennies own ominous movements parallel the dark turn of the setting. (9) the \salinas river\ is now covered in \shade,\ in contrast to the optimistic spring green of the beginning scene. (10) not only has lennie failed to make progress as he had hoped, but he finds himself in the exact same place with worse overall circumstances. (11) steinbecks use of natural imagery continues to underscore lennies incompatibility with the natural world, which in turn emphasizes his inability to cooperate in human society. (12) when the reader ultimately hears the \crash of georges shot rolling up the hills and rolling down again\ he is reminded of the protagonists overall lack of progress and the up and down motion underscoring every ascents ultimate descent. (13) it is little surprise that the ranchers respond to lennies violence with violence; in the end, lennies death reveals the violent passion with which these men (and man, generally) will go to maintain his belief that the american dream is alive and attainable. 1. how should sentence 2 be revised? (you will need to open up \of mice and men\ to page 1 in order to answer this question correctly.) at the novels onset, steinbeck illustrates the beautiful and hopeful salinas river with its \willows fresh and green with every spring.\ at the novels onset, steinbeck illustrates the beautiful and hopeful salinas river with its willows fresh and green with every spring. at the novels onset, steinbeck illustrates, \the beautiful and hopeful,\ salinas river with its willows fresh and green with every spring. sentence 2 needs no revision.

Explanation:

The question asks about the revision of a sentence in the context of Steinbeck's work. Analyzing the flow and thematic consistency of the text, the sentence seems out - of - place at the start as it disrupts the introduction of the natural setting and Lennie's situation. Starting with the description of the natural world and Lennie's actions in it makes more sense before introducing the idea of the American Dream and violence.

Answer:

At the novel's onset, Steinbeck illustrates the beautiful and hopeful Salinas River with its willows fresh and green with every Spring.