John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to show that people's plans often do not go accordingly. This event is found throughout the story on many different occasions. For example, the title,”Of Mice and Men” relates to a poem written by a Scottish farmer. The poem states,”The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Steinbeck used this to show the reader that the dreams and hopes of people are often not attained, and the reader can find this is true in the story. Foreshadowing is also found when George tells Lennie that he always gets in trouble, causing the two to have to run away from their job before they get paid. In the story, George says to Lennie, “Well, how the hell did she know you jus’ wanted to feel her dress? She jerks back and you hold on like it was a mouse. …show more content…
All the time somethin’ like that—all the time.” This quote shows that Lennie is always getting in trouble and the reader can assume that this time will be no different. Lastly, foreshadowing is found by many other characters explaining to Lennie and George that their dream is unrealistic. For example, while Lennie is in Crooks room, Lennie tells Crooks about him and Georges plan to get a piece of land. After Lennies says this, Crooks says, “I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it.” This quote shows that it is unlikely for the men to attain their dream, as there were many men before them who had similar dreams and did not attain