In the fifth chapter of the novel the tragic ending is foreshadowed when Lennie breaks his puppy’s neck; the same way that he kills Curley’s wife. Lennie had gone to the barn to pet the puppy since its birth, and was very close to it. When he broke its neck Lennie showed remorse and asked the puppy why it had to die; adding that he hadn’t even bounced it hard. Thus proving he had no knowledge of his own strength. So when he broke Curley’s wife’s neck, he had no intention of doing so, but was unaware of the force he had exerted. The deaths of the two were also connected because Lennie was only lured into their presence because of his desire to feel soft things. As previously mentioned, this desire proved only to wreak havoc in Lennie’s life,
