Perspective means a lot in life. You could see one thing in one light, and another in a different light. It all depends on our emotions, mood, and even stress. When you are stress free, happy, and looking forward to a life changing experience like George and Lennie were, you tend to see things in an almost perfect perspective. But when you’re new life takes a turn for the worst, and things don’t go as planned, your perspective changes dramatically. You interpret the things you see differently. You see this in how Steinbeck describes the river in chapters one and six. You see how the description turns from beautiful, hopeful, and a safe haven, to dark, and almost evil. In chapter one, Steinbeck paints the picture of a paradise for George and Lennie. When you read the first chapter, you imagine a lush, evergreen setting. A place that is almost too perfect to be real. You see this when he says “The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool” (Steinbeck 1). For most of us, when we read these words, you don’t see scary, and evil. We see a serenity of a setting. Steinbeck goes on to tell us about how the Gabilan Mountains line one side of the river and how the other side is lined with trees, fresh green willows that came with the spring. He tells us about how their branches arch over the pool, almost like a blanket. The tiniest lizards scurry over the ever so crisp leaves, and rabbits come and sit by the side of the pool in the late afternoon. He describes the vast array of wildlife that inhabits the river side. That makes us understand that the land is fertile and that living things can survive off of the fat of the land. On the other hand, in chapter six, we see how evil this beautiful place can be. When Lennie reaches the pond, after the bad thing that he had done, Steinbeck makes us see