Lennie's Failure In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Imagine planning a birthday for your dad and having thought of everything from balloons to table covers to invitations. However, your dad had to leave for a business trip. Having tried to make the best birthday, one fault caused it to go to waste. The same concept is shown in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, where even the best of people’s plans can be foiled by mistake.
George’s carefully timed and planned idea of buying a piece of land was thwarted by Lennie killing Curley’s wife. For example, George tells Lennie what happens at Weed after Lennie forgets, “Oh, so ya forget that too did ya? Well I ain’t gonna remind ya. Fear ya do it again,”(7). He is still afraid that Lennie can get in trouble by doing something stupid. George foreshadows an event where Lennie is dull-witted, and he might have to run, go to jail, or even be killed. In addition, George replies to Candy about getting that little place for them to stay, “I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed that we’d never do her,”(94). George knew that from the beginning that they would never get a place with Lennie's blunders and

In addition, as Curley's wife begins her story, she recites, “I wasn’t gonna stay where...I couldn’t make something out of myself… [so] I married Curley”(88). She was in a rush to become someone, so she can do whatever she wants. She had plans of becoming famous, and Curley's wife wanted to be renowned. Furthermore, as Curley's wife tells her story to Lennie, she recounts, “coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes...coulda sat in them big hotels...because this guy said I am a natural”(89). Curley's wife had planned to be an actor, which would let her make something out of herself. However, by rashly choosing to marry, she is stuck with Curley, who doesn't care about her and whom she hates. Even with her optimistic plans and ideas, by marrying Curley, she sealed her fate as a