The last scene of the film Of Mice and Men directed by Gary Sinise, Is a classic example of how a director can use various film techniques to reveal and reinforce certain themes within a text. The director uses such techniques such as high camera angles to suggest inferiority in some characters. He also uses symbolism to reinforce those themes. The themes in the text are the friendship between George and Lennie and the issue of how sometimes no matter how hard you try, you could ultimately fail.

Both of these themes are extremely evident throughout out the entire scene.

Firstly, the scene is directly related to the theme of friendship. Through the following examples of techniques, we can see George's overall companionship with Lennie, and Lennie's continual need for George. The scene begins with George running after Lennie. As he is running he trips over and gets...