Examples Of Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

One reason George had to kill Lennie is because his punishment could have been worse. For example, on page 96 curley said he was going to take a shot gun and shoot him in the guts. “I’m gonna get him. I’m going for my shotgun. I’ll kill the big ______________ myself. I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts. Come on guys.” (Steinbeck 96). This states that Curley and other fellow ranchers were going to do horrible things to Lennie. Since George didn’t want Lennie to suffer, George took

He knew that it was his responsibility to kill Lennie. He killed Lennie because he was responsible for him. George also killed him because he did not want to feel guilty or bad like Candy. George also didn’t want Lennie to have a painful death by the hands of Curley’s gang. He knew that it would be best for him and Lennie for him to do it himself. He wanted Lennie to feel comfortable and he wanted to tell him how he felt. George says “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want you to know”(Steinbeck 106). George did the right

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells a story of two very different friends how both share the dream of one day buying their own farm. George and Lennie are both two workers that take temporary jobs at different ranches. That the new job that they get to meet Candy, the old “swamper” who cleans the bunkhouse; Slim, the “prince of the ranch”; Crooks, the African American stable hand. Then there is also Curley, the boss’s son and Curley’s wife, women that is desperate for the attention. Throughout the story, Steinbeck uses a lot of foreshadowing to prepare the reader what is about to occur. The plans of the characters going “askew,” the death of Curley’s wife, the loss of the farm dream, and the death of Lennie; are four clear examples of Steinbeck’s

Foreshadowing is the use of subtle hints in written text that insinuates what will occur in the future. Foreshadowing is used throughout the story “Of Mice and Men” by author, John Steinbeck, to indicate to the reader which events are likely to take place going forward. In “Of Mice and Men” migrant workers George and Lennie strive to accomplish the American dream. Due to an unexpected accident, George and Lennie must leave their former workplace and travel to a new ranch. There they meet several new characters and face various challenges. How does Steinbeck use foreshadowing? Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in “Of Mice and Men” by alluding to the poem “To a Mouse”, expressing Lennie’s obsession with soft things in “Pet it like it was a mouse”, illustrating the American dream in “A little piece of land”, and drawing a parallel between Candy’s dog and Lennie’s death in “Right in the back of the head”.

This year before Christmas, my mom foreshadowed on of my presents that I was going to receive. It was mid-december, and I was going to buy a makeup palette that I had wanted for a while, but my mom refused to bring me to the store. She said, “Well, what if one of your friends gets you it for Christmas?” At that moment I knew that something was up. She strongly foreshadowed that I was going to get that gift. Sure enough, when Christmas came around she had got me that makeup palette. Of Mice and Men has a lot of foreshadowing, some is very apparent, and some is much less, just like in the small excerpt from pages 5-9. The book Of Mice and Men, has strong foreshadowing to the murder of Curley’s wife, however in the passage it is much more indistinct.

George didn’t intend to help Lennie escape. This is proved conclusively by the fact that he stole Carlson’s Luger from under his bunk at the ranch. He intended to kill Lennie as painlessly as possible, just as he had seen Carlson kill Candy's dog with a single

They keep losing their jobs because of Lennie and at their new job Lennie gets in some deep trouble. Lennie ends up killing the boss’ son’s wife and George has to put down Lennie. John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to hint at the death the dream, Curley’s wife, and Lennie. The first reason is the dream dying because of the events that happen in the story.

How does Steinbeck use foreshadowing in Of Mice and men? According to paul taylor in 1937 between 200,000 - 350,000 migrant workers were traveling across the U.S. . Lennie and george were two close “friends” who traveled from place to place as workers. They tried to stay in the same place , however lennie would always do something bad.

One example of how Steinbeck uses foreshadowing is through Candy’s dog. “I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog.” ((Chapter 3) John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, 1937. (Doc D)) when Candy's dog gets shot, he regrets that he himself did not shoot his own old, sick dog. He regrets not shooting his own dog because he wanted his dog to feel loved in its last moments alive. George wanted Lennie to feel loved in his last moments and he didnt want Lennie to die a painful death like Curley wants him to have. “He went to his bunk, pulled his bag from underneath it and took out the Luger pistol. ‘Let's get it over with.’” ((Chapter 3) Document D). In this quote George is referring to killing Lennie before he can be killed painfully by Curley or put in jail. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to hint that Lennie will die and how he will die from the dog being shot and previous events. The dog dying from the Luger pistol being shot in the head is how Lennie died. Previous events always ended up with Lennie and George having to flee where they work because Lennie was accidently making a mistake because he isn’t very

John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men is one of the greatest pieces of American literature to ever be composed. This story tugs at the reader's emotional strings, and convinces the reader to provide undevoted attention to its pages. Steinbeck made history when he composed this novella, and this paper tells of a literary device he used to make it so wonderful. This device is foreshadowing, a technique used to give clues about future events. Steinbeck’s use of foreshadowing is arguably the best example there is in the literary word, and the way he uses it makes the story great.

(Chapter Three). George knew that he had to be the one who shot Lennie. He didn’t want Curley to shoot him, George wanted Lennie to be put out of his misery painlessly. George was close to Lennie, not only were there friends, but George was almost like his owner. That’s why he wanted to shoot him just like Candy wanted to shoot his dog.

The ability to see into the future is something anyone would want and you're insane if you don't. Authors have the power to grant that ability to the readers if they so choose to. John Steinbeck is one of the many authors who repeatedly allows the reader to see what will happen in the story through foreshadowing. In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck uses foreshadowing multiple times to empower the reader to see into the future of the novella. Steinbeck has George say over and over to Lennie that he always gets in trouble, he uses Candy's dog to show Candy's old age and close demise, and the dead puppy to foreshadow the death of curley's wife.

Lennie had accidentally killed Curley’s wife and many other small animals and If he were to be let loose it would most likely happen again. Lennie had many violent outburst such as when he killed the puppy and often times he did not understand the significance of what he has done. After killing the puppy the main thing Lennie focus on is tending the rabbits, Lennie said “George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits now”(Steinbeck 87). Along with others Lennie was also putting himself in danger. His difficult behavior, aggression, and lack of self control left him in a constant danger.

The first way that Steinbeck showed foreshadowing is he told how everytime Lennie got a mouse from is aunt he would kill it. Steinbeck foreshadowed how Lennie didn’t know his own strength. Everytime he went to pet the mouse sense their necks are so sensitive he would pet them to hard and their necks would snap

She started to scream for help which made Lennie upset, “Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed and Lennie’s other hand closed over her mouth and nose. ‘Please don’t!’ he begged. ‘Oh please don’t do that. George’ll be mad,’” Lennie spoke frantically. (Steinbeck 91) Lennie had realized he did a bad thing when he lifted up Curley’s wife’s arm, let go, and it just dropped. Lennie decided his best choice was going to be to sneak away to the spot by the river where, in the beginning of the story, George told him to go to if he had done something really bad. After Candy walked into the barn to check on Lennie and found Curley’s wife dead, he told George then the guys. All of the guys got on horses, besides George, and took off to find Lennie. When he couldn’t see the guys anymore, George went to the river and found Lennie. When George found Lennie, he had to make the difficult decision to shoot Lennie. With Lennie being dangerous, even unintentionally, it was best for him to be shot, especially by George. If