Banned In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men Essay The novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is banned in some schools across the nation. The reasons for this novel being banned is due to the book’s vulgar language and racism. In Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie travel around looking for a job so they can make the money needed to reach their dream; however, the dream is never reached with tragedies at the end of the novel. One of the tragedies is Lennie is shot in the back of his head by his only friend George. Steinbeck, before this tragic event, foreshadowed with the killing of Candy’s old dog. Steinbeck foreshadows Lennie’s death with Candy’s dog because of method of death and hastle of keeping the dog alive.
Candy’s dog is killed in a humane way which foreshadows