Examples Of Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

Friendship is one of the most meaningful treasures in the world. The book I chose to read was "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck introduces the theme, friendship in the book; the two main characters stick together through thick and thin. In "Of Mice and Men", John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in several ways to illustrate the title, characterization/dreams, and Lennie and his conflicts.

Curley refuses to let her talk to anyone on the ranch, isolating her from everyone and setting the stage for trouble. This trouble happens in Section 3, where he accuses Slim of being with his wife and is completely wrong. He is ganged up on by the ranch workers, and picks on Lennie in order to vent his anger at being picked on. This turns out to be a mistake. Lennie quickly crushes his hand, and Curley has to be taken to the hospital. Luckily for George and Lennie, Slim comes to there aid, telling Curley “your hand got caught in a machine”.

Arguably the biggest example of foreshadowing came from Lennie getting shot. In the book on pg. 12 it said, “George said, ‘I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody’d shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself.’” This quote represents foreshadowing as it says Lennie will be shot. The book ended with Lennie getting shot by George as George couldn’t stand seeing Lennie getting killed by anyone else. Also this quote shows foreshadowing as Lennie was shot like a dog. In the quote it said that somebody would shoot him like a coyote. By saying that he would get shot like a coyote, he meant getting shot when he wouldn’t even expect it. This is exactly what George did at the end; he shot Lennie when he wasn’t expecting it.

Foreshadowing is used when Ulrich and his men are out patrolling the woods, keeping watch for thieves. “The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things tonight, and there was

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.

“Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck was a very unique book to say the least. I believe that’s why it drew me in. I found myself gasping, “awwing”, and even getting slightly teary-eyed at the end. Many different factors of the book stood out to me.

In Of mice and men, John Steinbeck uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and a sympathetic tone to demonstrate the world of limited sources, poverty, human intolerance, limiting social roles, wealth, and freedom.

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

Any good detective looks for clues or hints to solve a case. As readers, we act like detectives to put clues together and find out what really happened. Foreshadowing is similar to this because it gives us clues to see what will occur in a future event. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing very often to tell us what could possibly happen. In this book, two men dream to have their own piece of land together, but they can’t buy it because they don't have enough money. The two men set out find a job for money but along the way, many obstacles are thrown at them, and some of them they ca

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.

“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.

A line that shows foreshadowing is on page 140, “It was a big black battered hearse-like automobile”. This line can be seen as foreshadowing due to the way O’Connor described the car as looking like a hearse. It is known that a hearse is associated with death since it is the vehicle that carries a coffin to the cemetery at a funeral. When reading this line the reader can infer that the people in the car are not friends and the outcome of the family’s encounter with this car will be negative. Later in this section the family is in fact murdered by the men in this car and one of the men is the Misfit. The Misfit was also introduced in the first section of the story by the grandmother who was very worried about encountering him while out traveling. So the beginning section of the story prepared the reader through repeatedly discussing the Misfit, letting the reader know that the Misfit will turn up in another section of the story and that he was a relevant character in the plot. All of the repetition and foreshadowing led to the climax in which the grandmother is finally murdered by the Misfit. This section then flows into the third and final section, the

At the beginning of the book, George was suspicious of people, non-confrontational, very protective of Lennie, and had a dream of one day owning his own farm. An example of this is when George and Lennie first got to the farm and started talking in their room. Unbeknown to them a person by the door was listening. After discovering him, George proclaims “‘You was pokin’ your big ears into our business,’ [...] ‘I don’t like nobody to get nosey’” (27). This clearly shows his strong suspicion of people as he is very accusatory and defensive about eavesdropping even though the conversation was not that important.

Also in the end of chapter three, after Lennie hounds and attacks Curley, Slim says, “‘Looks to me like ever’ bone in his han’ is bust… This punk sure had it comin’ to him. But- Jesus! He ain’t hardly got no han’ left’” (64). Even though Curley led Lennie on first, Lennie went over the top, and very viciously injured Curley.