The seemingly inescapable events of the novel, Of Mice and Men take place in Soledad, California, in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Many people are left alone during this painful time. Everyone is desperate for a place to work, and not many dreams come true. Lennie and George, the main characters of the novel, face many obstacles that lead to a devastating conclusion. In Of Mice and Men nearly every scene serves as foreshadowing for the inevitable tragic ending.
Lennie’s obsession for soft things and accidentally killing of mice hints that he may, later in the novel, accidentally kill something or someone else. He loves to touch anything soft, so he hoards mice, which he kills by his aggressive petting. This foreshadows two other deaths. First he kills his puppy by accident when he is angry. Then Curley’s wife asks Lennie to feel her hair; he snaps her neck and kills her. Lennie kills his puppy and Curley’s wife by accident. He does not understand his own strength, so he is not cautious.
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George says, "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...Hide in the brush till I come for you. Can you do that?" (Steinbeck 15), the reader can easily infer Lennie will be going there later. Lennie is always getting himself in trouble. George does not want any more humiliation, so he makes a plan for the trouble to come. Lennie goes to the bushes after he accidentally kills Curley’s wife. George, unlike the other ranch hands knew where to find