Here is Alice's response:
Critics discussing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men are likely to call it an example of naturalist fiction, and for good reason.Signs of the naturalist writer's perspective on life are everywhere. For instance, “Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves...”to“…For a moment the place was lifeless, and then two men emerged from the path and came into the opening by the green pool.”has a series of great verbs, such as “hurried”,“labored up”, “pounded”,“emerged”. With the environmental description, it brings out the atmosphere of the scene, and may let readers to guess what will happen next.