How Does Steinbeck Use Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

The novella Of Mice and Men is a book by John Steinbeck on the lives of migrant farm workers working during the Great Depression, Lennie, who is developmentally delayed and George. The two have a dream of, what every farm worker has a dream of, land. A clearing is one of the prevalent settings. When a bus drops them off 4 miles from their destination, the duo stays there one night and Lennie is instructed, that if anything bad happens he should “hide in the brush”. Working on the ranch the make an enemy, Curly, who’s hand is crushed by Lennie in the fight, and several friends, Candy, who offers to help them buy the land, and Slim who seems to always see all sides of the issue. Later they attempt to make their dream come true but in the end, Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife,snaps the lonely woman’s neck, and is shot by Curly in revenge for what Lennie did. I believe the novella has sufficient foreshadowing that, when he is shot, you are not extremely surprised. A rude bus driver kicks Lennie and George off his bus 4 miles from the ranch

When his dog is shot, Steinbeck uses this as an opportunity for foreshadowing.. “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” (61). This scene is almost an exact replica of the very last one that occurs in the novela. Even the way Candy’s dog is shot, “‘They way I'd shoot him, he wouldn't feel nothing. I’d put the gun right there.’ He pointed with his toe. "Right back of the head. He wouldn't even quiver.’” (45) foreshadows Lennie’s death. Candy’s regret for not shooting his own dog, for letting someone else kill it, mirrors how George shoots Lennie, instead of letting Curley's kill his best friend, George does it himself.. When George shots Lennie he does it the way Carlson did to Candy’s dog, right in the back of the head, where the spine meets the