1. (Just before George gets frustrated with Lennie, Chapter 1)The flame of the sunset lifted from the mountaintops and dusk came into the valley, and a half darkness came in among the willows and the sycamores. p.11

2. (After George has got frustrated with Lennie, Chapter 1)It was quite dark now, but the fire lighted the trunks of the trees and the curving branches overhead. p.12 3. (After George has got frustrated with Lennie, Chapter 1)He looked off into the darkness across the river. George, you want I should go away and leave you alone? p.13 4. (After the excitement of talking about the dream, Chapter 1)as the blaze dropped from the fire the sphere of light grew smaller; the curling branches disappeared and only a faint glimmer showed where the tree trunks were. p.17 5. (Beginning of Chapter 3)Although there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunkhouse, inside it was dusk p.42 6. (Beginning of Chapter 3)Slim reached up over the card table and turned on the tin-shaded electric light. Instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dusk. p.42 7. (Description of Crooks, Chapter 4)hiseyes lay deep in his head, and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. p.74 8. (Description of Crooks room, Chapter 4)In the stable bucks room a small electric globe threw a meagre yellow light. p.74 9. (Lennie repeats this three times to Crooks, Chapter 4)I seen your light.p.75 10. (Just before Candys dogs death, Chapter 3)The thick bodied Carlson came in out of the darkening yard. He walked to the other end of the bunk house and turned on the second shaded light. Darkern hell in here, he said. p.48 11. (Just before Candys dogs death, Chapter 3)Candy looked for help from face to face. It was quite dark outside now. p.48 12. (Carlson takes Candys dog outside, Chapter 3)He led the dog out into the darkness. p.48 13. (Curleys wifes entrance, Chapter 2)Both men glance up, for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off. A girl was standing there p.34 14. (Beginning of Chapter 5)The afternoon sun sliced in through the cracks of barn walls and lay in bright lines on the hay. p.92 15. (Crooks room, Chapter 4)Candy stood in the doorway scratching his bald wrist and looking blindly into the lighted room. p.42 16. (Just before Curleys wife dies, Chapter 5)Now the light was lifting as the sun went down, and the sun streaks climbed up the wall p.97 17. (After Curleys wife has died, Chapter 5)The sun streaks were high on the wall by now, and the light was growing soft in the barn. p.97 18. (End of Chapter 5)The barn was darkening gradually and, in their stalls, the horses shifted their feet and rattled the halter chains. pp.107-8 19. (Beginning of Chapter 6)Already the sun had left the valley to go climbing up the slopes of the Gabilanmountains, and the hilltops were rosy in the sun. p.109 20. (Beginning of Chapter 6)The light climbed out of the valley, and as it went, the tops of the mountains seemed to blaze with increasing brightness. p.110 21. (Just before Lennies death, Chapter 6)Only the topmost ridges were in the sun now. The shadow in the valley was blue and soft. p.113 22. (Directly before Lennies death, Chapter 6)The shadow in the valley was bluer, and the evening came fast. p.114 23. QuoteDark or LightSymbolic explanationFurther exploration 24. QuoteDark or LightSymbolic explanationFurther exploration