Steinbeck's Foreshadowing

In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to give readers insight on pivotal events in the book. Steinbeck foreshadows pivotal events in the book by using symbols of light and dark. In the book, the setting for a scene will darken when Curley’s wife or an antagonist walks in. “ Both men glanced up, for the rectangle of sunlight in the doorway was cut off. A girl was standing there looking in”(41). Furthermore, that darkness shows something bad will occur at that moment or because of that character. Another example of foreshadowing is Candy and his dog. There is parallelism between George to Candy and Lennie to the old dog. The character Carlson says “Got no teeth”(44) when referring to Candy’s dog which is parallel to when George says Lennie isn’t harmful. Later when the dog is put down, the reader can infer from the foreshadowing that Lennie will get shot as well. The effect the foreshadowing has for the book’s tone is that takes away from the suspense and adds to the sadness when there is no happy

George is out playing horseshoes with the men, while Lennie however, was in the barn with the pups, then Curley’s wife walked in. For the duration of the novel, Curley’s wife, was known as a tart, and as a troublemaker, for this reason, George told Lennie to stay away from her. Lennie begins to touch her soft hair, after she had said it was ok, but he was petting it much to hard, angering her. She repeatedly told him to stop, she tried moving away, but Lennie was in a panic and grabbed on to her hair. She began to struggle and scream and Lennie tried to make her calm

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

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.

Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in this passage. Lennie is the snake and George is the heron. In the end, George is the one who kills Lennie for what he did. The heron killed the snake because he needed to eat to save his life. George killed Lennie because he wanted to save the rest of his life from having to take care of Lennie, but he also save Lennie from having to suffer even more with Curley.

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells a story of two very different friends how both share the dream of one day buying their own farm. George and Lennie are both two workers that take temporary jobs at different ranches. That the new job that they get to meet Candy, the old “swamper” who cleans the bunkhouse; Slim, the “prince of the ranch”; Crooks, the African American stable hand. Then there is also Curley, the boss’s son and Curley’s wife, women that is desperate for the attention. Throughout the story, Steinbeck uses a lot of foreshadowing to prepare the reader what is about to occur. The plans of the characters going “askew,” the death of Curley’s wife, the loss of the farm dream, and the death of Lennie; are four clear examples of Steinbeck’s

Steinbeck uses foreshadowing through the name of the book, given to it by the poem, “To A Mouse” by Robert Burns. The poem is a story of a farmer, plowing his farm, when he plows a mouse’s home. The mouse then begins to run away. “But Mouse, you are not alone...The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew.” (Burns, To a Mouse) In the poem it is implied that the mouse’s dreams are forgotten and lost. John Steinbeck references the poem in the name, implying, the mens’ dreams will not come true.

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 novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck, two migrant workers named George and Lennie embark on a journey to work from ranch to ranch and save enough money to buy their own farm. Their plan takes a crucial turn in which they didn’t look forward to. Throughout the novel foreshadowing plays an important part in the readers’ point of view throughout the novel. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to indicate clues of what is to come in the future. There are four examples where foreshadowing is used in Of Mice and Men, “plans go askew”, death of Curley’s wife, loss of farm dream, and death of Lennie. How did Steinbeck use foreshadowing to give clues leading to the four important points?

In the book of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck employs foreshadowing throughout the book to lead up to the event that happens at the end of the book. Lennie’s childlike mentality has him do things that he likes that will get him in trouble by the end of the book.Curley's wife’s behavior also contributes to the foreshadowing of her death.

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.

John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to show how the farm dream is going to die. Crooks doesn’t believe one bit that they will get a farm. “You’re Nuts!” said Crooks. Every man that has told Crooks that same idea has failed it and ended up quitting. Besides Lennie is always getting into trouble.

One key passage of the novel is when Lennie grabs onto Curley’s wife’s hair and eventually kills her. He panics because she starts screaming at him to let go so he holds on tighter. After the long struggle, Curley’s wife dies because Lennie breaks her neck after squeezing her too tightly. This passage is important because it uses foreshadowing and simile to create the main conflict of the novel.

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.

“In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost again.” The beginning quote of “The Pearl” already gives a hint of foreshadowing. It tells the readers that a pearl will be found, but then be lost again. Foreshadowing is an element of writing that is often something that a reader will find while analyzing the story. Foreshadowing is a great way to give suspicion and excitement to a story. It also creates an active reader as they are constantly predicting what the hint could be foreshadowing at. From the opening sentence to the end of the novella John Steinbeck creates suspense in the reader by foreshadowing.