Authors sometimes help the reader understand their characters through
interactions with the setting. Which of the following best illustrates
Steinbeck's method in chapter 3 of his book Of Mice and Men?
A) The men play cards under the only light in the bunkhouse.
B) Slim and George have a confidential conversation.
C) The men wait until it is dark outdoors to enter the bunkhouse.
D) The ranch hands argue over their game of horseshoes.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

answer: buck is a dog living a charmed life on the estate of judge miller, during the time of the klondike gold rush in 1897. he is the king of all the animals on the estate and as such enjoys special privileges, such as the run of the estate and the admirable position of being the judge's favorite dog.

this all ends the day he accompanies manuel on a walk through the orchard to a flag station, where manuel sells him to a stranger. manuel sells buck, because he has gambling debts he needs to pay and a family to support.

this one act changes buck's life irrevocably. it is the catalyst for the rest of the story about buck and his transformation from domestic pet to wild animal.

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