Joseph Millichap in “Realistic Style in Steinbeck's and Milestone's Of Mice and Men” writes the different camera techniques used to set the mood in the film and reinforce the different themes of poverty and powerlessness that existed during the Great Depression. Millichap mentions the opening shot that sets a balance of a nature man society. The camera starts at a small rabbit and rises to eye level where the audience can now see George and Lennnie. The music increases in a dramatic tone. This is significant thematically because it shows how man relied on nature to fulfill this joy. The camera set on the rabbit in the beginning shows that is what their vision was, to own livestock and have their own business; it fits the historical moment of
