Foreshadowing In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men: Foreshadowing In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, is a story about a unlikely friendship between two men having the same dream of owning their own farm. Foreshadowing plays a large role by giving hints of what might happen next in the novel. Also, the foreshadowing gives the book its character. Steinbeck gives the readers implications of the following events and how they all link together as a whole. In the story, Candy's dog's death was parallel to Lennie's death, the puppy's death was similar to Curley's wife's death, and Curley's wife foreshadows trouble for the men. First of all, many characters' deaths are hinted by an animal's death or another person's passsing. For example, "A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked …show more content…
The bird swallowing the little snake foreshadows that something bad might happen and someone, most likely Lennie, might get killed. The setting of this chapter creates suspense and implied that a tragic event might occur thoughout the last chapter. George did kill Lennie at the end just like the bird swallowed the little snake. Also, Curley's wife's death is foreshadowed when Lennie kills the puppy unintentionally. "Lennie sat in the hay and looked at the little dead puppy that lay in front of him. Lennie looked at it for a long time, and then he put out his huge hand and stroked it, stroked it clear from one end to the other."