Of Mice and Men
Of Mice And Men
In the tragic setting of Mice And Men, takes place in the 1920’s to early 30’s. During the Great Depression people try to find jobs to survive the lifestyle of that time, The two main characters of this story George and, Lennie who are complete opposite. However they remain loyal to each other despite the difference. Steinbeck uses a lot of foreshadowing throughout his book. For reference, Steinbeck refers to Lennie as an animal. “Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water…” George, later in the book, says “Ever’ Sunday we’d kill a chicken or rabbit. Maybe we’d have a cow or goat.” At the end of the book George kills Lennie. This is foreshadowing because Steinbeck is hinting that George would eventually kill Lennie as he said they’d kill an animal every weekend. In this case Lennie was constantly compared to an animal. This reminds us that Lennie is like an animal and that George kills all sorts of animals which shows the image that Lennie is going to be killed by George. Another example of foreshadowing, is when George and Lennie are making their way to the ranch, George says to 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.” At the end of the book Lennie goes back to the bush and George kills him there. This piece of foreshadowing is vital because it almost definitely tells us that Lennie is going to get in trouble. When everyone starts to neglect Lennie, George kills him in a way that can be seen as good. Killing Lennie painlessly as there was no other way out. This can be compared to another point of foreshadowing, where Carlson says “The way I’d shoot him, he wouldn’t feel nothing. I’d put the gun right there. Right back of the head. He wouldn’t even quiver.” This shows that George was loyal to Lennie and cared for him as he didn’t want him to suffer. The moment that Curley's wife was introduced, an ill feeling overcomes the atmosphere hinting that Lennie will be
In the tragic setting of Mice And Men, takes place in the 1920’s to early 30’s. During the Great Depression people try to find jobs to survive the lifestyle of that time, The two main characters of this story George and, Lennie who are complete opposite. However they remain loyal to each other despite the difference. Steinbeck uses a lot of foreshadowing throughout his book. For reference, Steinbeck refers to Lennie as an animal. “Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water…” George, later in the book, says “Ever’ Sunday we’d kill a chicken or rabbit. Maybe we’d have a cow or goat.” At the end of the book George kills Lennie. This is foreshadowing because Steinbeck is hinting that George would eventually kill Lennie as he said they’d kill an animal every weekend. In this case Lennie was constantly compared to an animal. This reminds us that Lennie is like an animal and that George kills all sorts of animals which shows the image that Lennie is going to be killed by George. Another example of foreshadowing, is when George and Lennie are making their way to the ranch, George says to 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.” At the end of the book Lennie goes back to the bush and George kills him there. This piece of foreshadowing is vital because it almost definitely tells us that Lennie is going to get in trouble. When everyone starts to neglect Lennie, George kills him in a way that can be seen as good. Killing Lennie painlessly as there was no other way out. This can be compared to another point of foreshadowing, where Carlson says “The way I’d shoot him, he wouldn’t feel nothing. I’d put the gun right there. Right back of the head. He wouldn’t even quiver.” This shows that George was loyal to Lennie and cared for him as he didn’t want him to suffer. The moment that Curley's wife was introduced, an ill feeling overcomes the atmosphere hinting that Lennie will be