How Does Steinbeck Use Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

Back in the olden days, around the 1930’s, in California, there were ranches where migrant workers from all over the country worked and lived a life of danger, mischief and adventure doing whatever they could for some fun and a handful of cash. There is a story about the life of two men named George and Lennie living that life, that end up working at the ranch with a cast of diverse characters. The books starts out innocently enough but quickly tumbles towards a tragic ending. But, how does Steinbeck effectively use foreshadowing to enhance the novel? In the story ‘Of Mice and Men” John Steinbeck does uses foreshadowing in these events; The title, George and Crooks having doubts about their plan, Lennie's past behavior and the killing of

The title is actually an allusion to the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns. A line in the poem reads “The best laid schemes of mice and men, Go often askew”. The meaning of this line and the poem is, no matter who you are your plans can go wrong and lead to struggle and misery. This is shown in the story as George and Lennie's plan goes askew and lead to tragedy. So, from analyzing the poem and the use of the statement “Of Mice And Men” we can see how the title has a hidden meaning and foreshadows the struggles George and Lennie's will face in the

In chapter one when George is telling Lennie about their plan to get their own Ranch he stops abruptly and gets frustrated when he realises that his plan their current situation and how unlikely it is they can improve things and achieve their goal. Later in the book in chapter 4 Crooks says (talking about other migrant workers) “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.” What he means is, he's seen other workers try to work and get their own piece of land but they always fail. In the end of the novel we see how Crooks was right as Lennie dies and George realises that his goal wasn’t ever going to be possible. Steinbeck uses Georges and Crooks doubt to foreshadow that George and Lennie were never going to reach their