Examples Of Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

Lennie and Candy’s dog are parallel. Candy’s dog is old, stinky, it cant take care of itself and he’s useless. Lennie cant take care of himself of others, and when he gets scared he holds on to whatever hes got. Candy’s dog had to be put down, just like Lennie. They were also killed the same way. “If you want me to, I’ll put the old devil out of his misery right now and get it over with. Ain’t nothing left for him. Can’t eat, can’t see, can’t even walk without hurtin’” (48). In this scene Carlson took Candy’s dog out and shot him. Though Candy did not want his dog to be dead, he still went through with it. This is just like when George went to kill Lennie, he didn’t want too but it had to be

Foreshadowing is a vital ingredient to any suspenseful story. It hints at the idea that something is off-kilter, without ever revealing exactly what that something is. This leaves readers with an uneasy feeling about the plot, but they can’t quite figure out why. Because of that suspicious feeling, readers are left with a burning desire to find out what happens on the next page. Foreshadowing can be achieved many different ways, such as through eree names, unpleasant conversations, and odd occurrences.

The example, foreshadowing is when the writer gives the audience clues in the text or script about what

As George found out about the puppy and Curley’s Wife he immediately ran down to the river. Once he got there he was talking to Lennie and knew he was going to have to shoot him. As he was getting ready to shoot Lennie he pointed it to the back of his head and did it. Lennie’s death is the same as Candy’s dog’s death.

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. An example of foreshadowing Wiesel exercises is when he uses Moshie the Beadle to introduce the kind of person he was before and after his experience in a labor camp. Moshie’s suffering foreshadows his and his family’s outcome. Moshie had managed to escape and return to Sighet

Foreshadowing is to show or indicate an action to be coming. Although the story is centered around Samuel, it is actually told by the passengers who witness the turn of events of Samuel and his friends Alfred,

In the foreshadowing Carlson shoots Candy’s dog. Carlson's reason for doing this is that it’s too old and doesn't have fun anymore. When Carlson does it Candy say “ I ought to have shot that dog myself George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” (61).George probably took this and put it in perspective with Lennie. If he would’ve let Curley shoot him then things would've been worse because he would've suffered more. Another reason the reader thinks he did the right thing is because of what slim says.

For instance, George says “All time somethin’ like that- all the time” (Doc B) when Lennie and George are running away from Weed because Lennie had gotten in trouble for touching the girl’s dress. Lennie getting in trouble in Weed is not the first, nor the last time Lennie will get in trouble for being tempted to touch a women. Lennie is tempted to pet things that are soft ,but sometimes he is not able to manage his own strength and hurts what he is petting. Later in the novel, Lennie kills the puppy that Silm had given him, Lennie is sitting in the barn with the dead puppy and says, “ I didn’t bounce you that hard”(Doc B). Lennie had not meant to kill the puppy ,but his innocents is what causes him to harm things without even knowing it. The death of the puppy is what foreshadows what Lennie will do to Curley’s wife later in the book. Earlier in Of Mice and Men George warns Lennie about Curley’s wife, George tells Lennie to not talk with Curley’s wife at all. When Lennie’s hand is on Curley's wife’s mouth he demands her to be quiet and says,“You gonna get me in trouble”(Doc B). George told Lennie to stay away from Curley’s wife gives us a hint what is going to happen between Curley’s wife and Lennie. Lennie’s tendency to crush soft things, combined with his history in Weed and George’s warnings, strongly foreshadow that he will kill Curley’s

Lastly, Lennie would have been shot regardless. Curley wanted to shoot Lennie but if he were to have shot him Lennie would have died in fear and that is exactly what George did not want to happen. Csrlson had also wanted to shoot Lennie and Geroge might have remembered Carlson shooting Candy’s dog and after candy saying “I ought to have shot the dog myself”. George could have realized that if he did not shot Lennie himself than he would regret it just like Candy had. Lennie was so big that he unaware of his strengths and he could have hurt someone else again or he could have put his own life in jeopardy as well.

The quote is presented when Curley’s wife is talking to Lennie in the barn. Lennie killed his puppy, and the other men are playing horseshoes and cards. The quote is presented on page 91, “He looked down at her, - I done another bad thing.” After the quote is presented, Lennie runs into the brush like George had told him to do after he threw the dead puppy away. The author used foreshadowing here in reason that Lennie killed his puppy then Curley’s wife.

In his novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing, imagery and the motif of killing in the back of the head to convey while death is sad and tragic can also the most merciful thing to do. Steinbeck uses a literary device of foreshadowing to show ongoing events of Lennie's uncontrollable desire of soft objects and his want to please George. In the beginning Of Mice and Men Lennie finds soft mice to stroke when stroking to hard Lennie accidently kills the mice. Lennie doesn't mean to kill the mice he wants them as pets, but George tries to control that by getting angry witch doesn’t help “George snapped his fingers sharply, and the sound lennie laid the mouse in his hand. ‘I wasn’t doin’ nothing bad with it, George.

In Of Mice and Men there are many examples of events that foreshadow something in the future. For example, when George told Lennie after he killed the mouse, “First chance I get I’ll give you a pup. Maybe you wouldn’t kill it” (81). This shows that Lennie usually kills small animals he pets. This event foreshadows that Lennie kills a puppy he receives.

Eventually, Candy mournfully gives in and lets Carlson go out and shoot his dog. This scene bears haunting similarities to the ending of the book, in which George shoots Lennie in the back of the head in order to save him from being ruthlessly tortured and murdered by Curley. After the death of his dog, Candy says,"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." (Page 61).

For example, George shoots Lennie the same way Carlson killed Candy’s dog. Carlson says in the story, “‘ Right in the back of the head. He wouldn’t even quiver.’” Also, “‘ George raised the gun….close to the back of Lennie’s head.’” ( chapter 3,6 )

Carlson looked at the old man with disgust and tells him he should shoot it, so in defeat Candy let him shoots the dog and regretted it in a an instint. This is similar to Lennie death because George had to make the decision of killing