The first scene, where you meet George and Lennie, begins with a description of the woods with a stream flowing through it, and of the many animals in the area. Next, you see George and Lennie enter, seeming to be but two of the creatures interacting in the woods. At first the two men seem to be basically at easy with the world, but as the story progresses, you learn more about the men, and there problems. The mouse Lennie finds dies a quick untimely death from Lennie's over-powerful petting. This shows begins to show Lennie's kindness being overrun by his strength and simple-mindedness. The mouse also represents the weak minded Lennie and already begins to foreshadow his death. Throughout the chapter, Lennie is compared to many animals, and this adds to the readers sense of a simple man with a forgetful mind and animal like instincts. When...