Exploring Foreshadowing in 'Of Mice and Men'

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Of Mice and Men
Do you like action and books that makes you want to keep reading. This is the book to read. This is a story where a guy named George the smaller guy but smart, and Lennie the big guy who isn’t smart are trying to make money to chase their dream. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to indicate the deaths of the farm dream, Curley’s wife, and Lennie.
Next, Steinbeck uses foreshadowing when Lennie and George had a big dream to get a house on the fat of the land. George is looking out for Lennie by traveling together. They are both really good workers. Lennie loves to pet soft animals or anything that is soft, Lennie says “I like to pet nice things”. Lennie is so strong that when he pets the animals he always kills them, so now Whenever …show more content…

So that is what Lennie does. All of the guys are playing horse shoe so Lennie takes off running to the brush. Candy the old man came in to tell Lennie about the farm house and he finds Curley’s wife laying there dead. Candy tells George and then they tell all of the guys. Curley wants to shoot Lennie so he sends the guys out to find him. George takes Carlson's ruger to go shoot Lennie so he can die peacefully. George runs to the brush to find Lennie before the guys do. George finds Lennie and tells the story of the fat of the land. When Lennie turns his head George pulls out the ruger and shoots Lennie.
Finally, all George and Lennie wanted to do is make enough money to buy a house. Everyone knew that wouldn't happen. Lennie always says “it would be so easy without you.” It is true, but he knew he couldn’t leave Lennie. Every job they get Lennie always gets in too much trouble, and soon it will become serious. Sooner or later George new it would happen. He got in too much trouble and it got himself killed. All of their dreams had been

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