Forshadowing In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Throughout the course of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men he uses the device of foreshadowing and giving clues of future events very well. In the story he uses it very effectively and very often. The examples of this are shown throughout the story.

John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men follows the journey of two men, George Milton and Lennie Small, who struggle through the navigation of working on a ranch in California and fulfilling their dreams together during a time of financial depression. The novel begins with George and Lennie traveling through the California wilderness to get to a new ranch just south of Soledad where they are going to begin new work. They had to leave their previous jobs in a town called Weed because Lennie had caused trouble with a girl by holding on to her red dress because he wanted to feel it, and this incident spiraled into rape allegations against Lennie. As George and Lennie make their way to the new ranch, Lennie; who is a large, but simple minded man; found a dead mouse and wanted to keep it to pet because he likes soft things. George, who is more serious and protects Lennie, takes the mouse away from him because even though it’s dead, he should not be messing with it. Lennie often does not realize his strength because of his mental incapabilities and as a result, he causes a lot of trouble and harm. George finds taking care of Lennie to be taxing, but he knows that their friendship is an important bond that he does not want to be without. In order to comfort Lennie in the wilderness, George tells the story of their shared dream to own their own ranch where they can follow their own rules and live as they please. When they finally arrive at the ranch the next day, George and Lennie

In the novel “ Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, is a fiction book that lets the readers know about two ranch hands who go together everywhere and they end up coming to a ranch to earn money for the dream they have to own some acres but they ended up having to go through some hard times which made it to never happen. Steinbeck wants us to know that dreams aren’t real, because they aren’t achievable, they don’t take actions to make it happen. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing and symbolism to express the theme by creating suspense and emotional connections to the characters and their dreams.

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

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.

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

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 the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to clue events throughout the entire book. The book follows two migrant workers, George and Lennie, while they are working on a ranch in California, during The Great Depression.During the book George and Lennie meet five other characters; Slim, Candy, Crooks, Curley, and Curley’s nameless wife. Foreshadowing, the literary device used to hint an event.Foreshadowing is used in the title of the book using allusion, Lennie’s obsession with soft things, the idea of the American dream, and the parallel of Lennie and Candy’s dog’s death.

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 John Steinbeck’s famous novel Of Mice and Men, foreshadowing plays a large part in the reader’s experience. Almost every event that is important was foreshowed at some people, such as the multiple deaths that occur throughout. If Steinbeck wasn't so prolific in his use of foreshadowing the readers experience would be very different.

Foreshadowing is a literary element that many authors use to indirectly hint at what will happen toward the end of the story. In the novel Of Mice and Men, foreshadowing is used multiple times to reference events that will occur near the end of the book. For example, the death of Candy's dog can be compared closely to the death of Lennie. Carlson's gun is also used within the novel to express foreshadowing, in the middle of the book and at the end. Finally, the title Steinbeck chose is a clear allusion to a poem by Robert Burns, which foreshadows the end of the story.

Foreshadowing is a literary element used to hint at what will happen in the book. This is prevalent in the book of mice and men. The two main characters, George and Lennie, are traveling ranchers heading to their new job. Lennie has a mental disorder giving him the mindset of a five-year-old. Their dream is to own their own ranch to live off. As they are working on the ranch the boss' son, Curley, starts beating up Lennie after he sees Lennie smiling; Thinking Lennie was laughing at Curley. Lennie grabs hold of Curley's hand crushing it; George was the one that told Lennie to get Curley. From there everything starts falling apart. In of mice and men Steinbeck masterfully uses foreshadowing to create puzzle pieces that connect to show the future events of the story. These pieces show the death of Curley's wife, the death of Lennie, and the loss of the dream.

The second foreshadowing technique done by Steinbeck was how he hinted how Lennie would kill

No matter how hard we try, or what we do to avoid it, tragedy is often inevitable, and we must accept the fact that not all our stories have a happy ending. This is most likely the message that author John Steinbeck wanted to get across to his readers in his novel, Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to prepare readers for the story’s tragic but unavoidable outcome. This ending was hinted at multiple times, along with the events that led up to it. These include the murder of Curley’s wife, the euthanasia of Lennie, and the eventual loss of George and Lennie’s dream ranch.

In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to show how unrealistic the dream of Lennie and George is and to further illustrate the inevitability of fate.