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In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck accomplishes several goals in the first chapter of his story. He sets the tone and atmosphere of the story's location, When the story opens, for example, the setting is a few miles south of Soledad, California, near the Salinas River. "Soledad" is a Spanish word that translates into "loneliness" a reference to one of the novel's main themes. Through foreshadowing and irony John steinbec