Idiom
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In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses many different types of stylistic devices, however the one he uses most often are idioms. Idioms are a stylistic device that does not mean literally what they say. The first sentence in the book actually starts out with an idiom. "There's a path through the willow's and among the sycamores...beaten hard by tramp’s that come to jungle up" (Steinbeck 1). The phrase jungle up is an example of an idiom, it means to gather together to keep warm. This is just one of many uses of idioms in Of Mice and Men. In Joseph Wood Krutch's criticism of the book he points out the use of these idioms. "Mr. Steinbeck, as I have already suggested, writes with great technical adroitness." Steinbeck’s willingness to use idioms to make the environment more realistic of the time period. With this he show's all the injustices of the Great Depression, and brings the reader into what life in the Great Depression was like.