I wonder if the dead mouse Lennie was petting symbolizes and foreshadows something. I think that the dead mouse Lennie was petting symbolizes how Lennie he is unaware of his own strength, and that will cause him to destroy innocent things in the future. Because of this, I think that Lennie will get one of Candy’s puppies but will kill it accidently. I also think that Lennie killing the mouse on accident really literalizes the phrase: “Love you to death” because he loves the mouse and wants to pet it, which causes him to kill it.
I wonder if there is symbolism behind the meaning of the names “Lennie”, and “George”. If so, why? I think that there may be symbolism with the meaning of the names. This is because the name “Lennie” means “strong as a lion”. I think that this means that Lennie will not be able to control his strength throughout the book because his strength will be, “as strong as a lion”. There is symbolism with the name “George”, too. There
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I think that the author was trying to say that the dog, like candy, is old and people think worthless. I also think that the author was trying to foreshadow something bad happening to George and Lennie. This is because I have noticed that Candy’s relationship with his dog is alike the relationship of George and Lennie. Since someone else shot Candy’s dog, I think that maybe George or Lennie might ask someone to hurt the other person. Or maybe since Candy said that he should have killed his dog, George may hurt Lennie and vice versa.
What was the author trying to say when Lennie crushed Curley’s hand? I think that the author was trying to show that Lennie can crush anything easily, even if he doesn’t mean to. I also think that Lennie crushing Curley’s hand will foreshadow that he will crush something else further in the book too. Maybe an object? Or maybe their dream of the ranch they want to