Of Mice And Men Foreshadowing Analysis

“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.

Besides the American Dream, the theme of death plays a major role and is recurring in both texts. From the novel ‘Of mice and men’, both Lennie and Curley’s Wife die. From this we can deduce that they both got killed due to their differences and society looking at them in a different way. Both texts also foreshadow the future deaths from the beginning to the end of the texts, there is hints everywhere. The moment that Curley’s Wife was introduced, an ill feeling overcame the atmosphere indicating that Lennie will be getting into a mess with her. At the beginning, George clearly states that Lennie always gets George into trouble. Steinbeck states ‘You do bad things and I got to get you out’. Previously, before George and Lennie arrived at the ranch, Lennie got into trouble by supposedly attacking the only woman in Weed. This also suggests that there will be trouble between Curley’s Wife, who is the only woman on the ranch and Lennie. Connecting ends with ends, this shows that the only two women are insecure. Later on, there was an intimation that she is going to be killed by Lennie as Lennie kills the soft things he likes to ‘pet’ such as the puppy and the mouse. In the novel Curley’s Wife lets him touch her dress, which is soft therefore leading to an inevitable death.

However, each person has their way of dealing with their suffering an it can either be by bringing people together or by keeping them apart. Either choice can function. In the book Of Mice and Men we were able to see these two types of ways of dealing with suffering with very good examples such as Candy and his way of enduring his lost, Curley´s wife and Crooks loneliness, and George and his fear of Lennie being killed brutally. All these examples make the reader analyze the character’s reactions, and think about what we have done if they were that character. Without doubt it is a book that makes the readers learn about the reality of life, the terrible situations that life impose us, and how to deal with

We live in a world of dreams and desire to achieve, but sometimes we end up without achieving them. Therefore, Steinbeck brought this clearly as we see Lennie died without actually achieving his dreams. Also friendship has been expressed as the main theme in the novel. Despite the difficult moments they went through, George and Lennie’s friendship is all against the challenges. The two shared well dreams and loved one another so much. This is a great virtue even in modern

The novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, utilizes the method of foreshadowing to ensnare its readers, ensuring that the book is read through to the end each time it is picked up. One of the main plot events foreshadowed by Steinbeck in this novel is the death of Lennie Milton, an intriguing, often lovable, character who suffers from mental retardation caused by an unknown event. From start to finish, Of Mice and Men has many examples of foreshadowing.

This profound adjustment hints on the upcoming misfortune, Lennie's termination. The evidence that the death of Candy's dog and of Lennie are indistinguishable reflections for the way his murder was achieved. George shot him in the back of the head just like the old dog was. Candy said to George, "I ought to of shot that dog myself"(p.61) making George decide to kill Lennie himself to protect him from dying scared and panicked by a stranger. Killing him the way that Carlson did, for his sake, it was for the best so Lennie would feel no

In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck shows foreshadowing of Lennie’s death in three ways : The dream of the farm, when George told him to meet at the brush and when candy’s dog gets shot. The first way Steinbeck shows foreshadowing is when George and Lennie talk about the dream farm. “Well,' said George, 'we'll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we'll just say the hell with goin' to work, and we'll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an' listen to the rain comin' down on the roof” (Steinbeck, 14-15). George and Lennie have no family and no home.

The deaths of Lennie Small and John Coffey were foreshadowed throughout both novella and film, respectively. Lennie’s death is foreshadowed by the death of Candy’s dog. Candy’s dog was old and therefore suffering. Carlson, one of the migrant workers shoots the dog, directly through the head. After the death of his dog, Candy becomes extremely lonely.

After he kills the woman Lennie is fearful that George will abandon him. This is also the reason he accidentally kills the woman, because he is afraid that George will hear her screams. In this scene Steinbeck presents an excellent example of inner conflict leading to physical conflict. When the woman begins to scream in fear, Lennie begins to encounter internal conflict, because he is afraid that George will overhear her and be angry with him. Lennie wants to ignore this at all costs, because he so desperately wants the respect of George. Despite Lennie’s tender and innocent nature Lennie begins to get frustrated and panics. He attempts to soothe her into stopping with words, “oh please don’t do that, George’ll be mad “but his efforts are futile and he resorts to stopping her the only way he knows how. Lennie underestimates his own strength as he shakes her and breaks her neck.

We see the interview with the boss, George becomes protective toward Lennie, “I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.”(P43) and when Curley’s wife enters into the attention George is seriously apprehensive about Lennie, “Listen to me… you leave her be.”(P54). Later on, when George finds Lennie in Crook’s, the stable buck’s, room, he looks disapprovingly at Lennie, “George stood framed in the door, and he looked disapprovingly.”(P115), this is very parent like. Steinbeck reinforces the contrast between them and everybody else. Slims says “Ain’t many guys travel around together”(P57)

Of Mice and Men Essay Imagine being in a position we’re you’re about to kill your best friend and you begin to wonder how you got to that point even after dreaming about big things in life together. In this case you begin to look back at clues to notice what was happening that hint at this outcome which is also known as foreshadowing.

The parallels between Lennie and George’s relationship and the relationship that their workmate, Candy had with his dog reaffirm the power dynamic between George and Lennie. In the novella, Candy must kill his dog because it is old and weak. Candy felt such extreme regret when it came time to kill his dog, that instead of doing

In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, he portrays love as an important part of human nature. Without love or companionship, Steinbeck shows how someone will become monstrous. An instinct in every person causes a horrified reaction to the calloused actions of the uncaring in Steinbeck’s story. Steinbeck exemplifies Lennie as love untainted by the world, as his mental condition doesn’t allow him to learn much, not absorbing the apprehensive, bitter habits that mask other people’s hearts. He shows love most bluntly, making an effort to befriend every creature and character, oblivious to his habit to physically hurt.

I would regard the film mice and men as a tragic novel which is full of many dreams that don’t come true, and that being the overall message and tragedy throughout the story. Steinbeck represents tragedy in many events, through many of the characters, the main example of tragedy i would say to me would be the fact the characters George and Lennie have so much hope and dreams that all end in the worst. They have always been a team and George has always convinced Lennie that ‘We got a future.’ And always tells him the story: ‘ok, someday- we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and..’. Every time Lennie hears this story it reassures him and cheers him up.

In many circumstances in the story, foreshadowing helps to give the reader a glimpse of the trouble and disappointment ahead. When Lennie and George are initially introduced and George is telling Lennie what he needs to know he says to him, " Well, look Lennie, if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush."(15) Steinbeck uses this to suggest that Lennie will, in fact, face trouble and take heed of George's words. Later on in the novel, this becomes a crucial thing Lennie