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Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

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How Foreshadowing is used in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Foreshadowing is an indication of a future event. Of Mice and Men is written about two men, in the late 1930’s, trying to survive in a world full of jealousy, racial superiority, and misunderstandings. This book is important because Steinbeck wanted people to understand that there is a need for social changes. Foreshadowing in this book helps people understand how badly social outcasts were treated. He grasps your attention with Foreshadowing these details so you experience empathy for the characters and understand his message. John Steinbeck uses a great deal of foreshadowing at the pool by the river in the beginning and end, the bad experiences of the bunk house, and a sensation …show more content…

The pool by the river is significant throughout the book because it’s the setting in the beginning and the end. George and Lennie started out at the pool by the river they were both peaceful like the environment. “A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool” (Steinbeck 3). This environment foreshadows the mindset in which Lennie had when he was killed. Lennie was closed off from the danger and at peace just like the pool by the river. This setting also foreshadows a full circle of where Lennie died. “Course you did. 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” (Steinbeck 16). Lennie got into trouble and he went to the pool by the river to hide and wait for George when everything went awry. Lastly the pool by the river foreshadows how happy Lennie gets when him and George talk about their ideal of having a dream farm so Lennie can tend the rabbits. When Lennie was killed George was talking to him about tending the rabbits so he could go happily. “Let’s have different colored rabbits, George” (Steinbeck

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