Examples Of Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author wrote many novels including one of his most famous, Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men teaches many lessons about the nature of human existence. Each relationship grows throughout this short story and end with a dramatic experience. All of the characters, including Lennie, George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, admit, at one time or another, to having a profound sense of isolation, seclusion and loneliness.

Literature is difficult for some and effortless for others, but there is a type of literature that is commonly used by many people and most use it without knowing. It is called allusion which is the reference to another person or item. John Steinbeck uses allusion to foreshadow what will happen in his book Of Mice and Men. In the book Of Mice and Men the two main characters are George, a smart and short man and Lennie, a strong but dumb man who both lived during the Great Depression. They are migrant workers that get in trouble a lot of times and run from town to town trying to find work, until they stumble upon a ranch that they can work on. During their stay and the ranch foreshadowing suggests what would happen next, but the book still had many twist that foreshadowing did not suggest. In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in various ways to suggest that George and Lennie’s plan would go askew, that Curley’s wife would die, that George and Lennie would lose of the farm dream, and how Lennie would die.

From the beginning, George tells Lennie to avoid Curley and Curley’s wife. There are multiple uses of foreshadowing that the reader can understand that John steinbeck is leading this to a tremendous event in the end. “"If he tangles with you, Lennie, we're gonna get　the can. Don't make no mistake about that. He's the boss's son.　Look, Lennie. You try to keep away from him, will you? Don't never　speak to him. If he comes in here you move clear to the other side of the room. Will you do that, Lennie?" "I don't want no trouble," Lennie mourned. "I never done nothing　to him." "Well, that won't do you no good if Curley wants to plug himself　up for a fighter. Just don't have nothing to do with him. Will you　remember?"　 "Sure, George. I ain't gonna say a

John Steinbeck was an American author who won the nobel prize in 1962. He authored 27 books, including 16 novels. Most of his work that he made was in central California

In “Of Mice and Men” there is foreshadowing used, but where? How does Steinbeck use foreshadowing in “Of Mice and Men?” foreshadowing means to give hints to future events. Foreshadowing in “Of Mice and Men” is shown through these 4 things with: Allusion to the Poem, Lennie’s obsession,The American Dream,and the Parallel between the Death of Candy’s dog and Lennie.

In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck prepares his readers for Lennie’s final crime and subsequent death in various ways using foreshadowing, progressive catastrophes with Lennie’s strength, and symbolism. Steinbeck uses the literary device of foreshadowing to prepare his readers for Lennie’s last crime as well as a potential trouble. He also prepares his readers slowly and progressively for the death of Curley's wife by showing his readers a crescendo of Lennie’s catastrophes caused by his strength. Lastly, Steinbeck uses the symbolism of Candy’s dog to directly prepare his readers for the way Lennie's death occurs. Together by the end, Steinbeck prepares his readers very well for Lennie’s final crime and subsequent death.

This incident takes a wild turn when Curley’s wife asks Lennie to stop, but he doesn’t stop resulting in the wife screaming and begging stop. Lennie decides that he’s had enough of her screaming that he covers her mouth and starts to violently shake her. The author uses foreshadowing here by signifying Lennie has killed Curley’s wife, “He shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck” (DOC B.

“The remedy (for the Great Depression) is to give workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves, not for others, … The American Way.” (Upton Sinclair) Times during the Great Depression were difficult for everybody in America, people had no jobs and no money. Workers at this time were desperate for money. John Steinbeck wrote a book called Of Mice and Men a story about 2 migrant workers, George and Lennie they travel together to achieve their goals to own their own piece of land. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in his book to tell a lot what can happen in the future. He gives 4 different examples of foreshadowing in the book.

To have something foreshadowed is to have “inside” knowledge on what’s about to happen to someone or something. For example, when candy was telling George and lennie how curley’s pride gets him in trouble with other men in the farm leading George to think curley will tangle with one of them, foreshadowing what’s going happen. The death of various mice, Carlson’s dog and slims puppy all foreshadow Lennie’s imminent Demise.

Lennie’s mental challenge create many problems for him. The main conflict Lennie faces is the death of curley's wife. “Lennie has broken her neck. The barn goes still as Lennie realizes what he has done.” This quote shows that Lennie has killed someone and won’t be able to get away with it.

The best laid schemes of mice and men often go askew. In the book of mice and men there is George and Lennie who go through a series of events that get them and people around them hurt or in trouble. George and Lennie go through jobs like their nothing. Each time they find a place to work Lennie always does something that gets them in trouble. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to indicate the deaths of the farm dream, Curley’s wife, and Lennie.

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.

Steinbeck used foreshadowing of this that Lennie doesn’t know how strong he really is. An example of this is from Doc. B when Lennie said “Jus’ wanted to feel that girls dress- jus’ wantes to pet it like it was a mouse”. This shows how when Lennie doesn’t know his real power as he was just petting the dress and the girl started to freakout and Lennie and George had to leave weed so they didn’t get in trouble. You could also see this coming as Lennie killed the puppy.

So this is an indicator that an altercation may happen in the near future, between the boys and Curley. In Chapter three, George states, "I've beaten the hell out of him, and he coulda bust every bone in my body jus' with his man's, but he never lifts a finger against me." This shows that Lennie doesn’t know his own strength, and never would actually mean to harm anybody on purpose, as with the indication with the dead mouse. All of this foreshadowing leads up to the big “fight” between Lennie and

Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men, there are various examples of foreshadowing that alludes to the death of Curley’s wife. The earliest example of this, is when George discovers the mouse that Lennie has been holding, “Lennie held his hand away from George’s direction ‘It’s on’y a mouse, George.’ … ‘Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George.