Examples Of Foreshadowing

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This passage showed me a lot about George’s character, and it is also another example of foreshadowing in the story. George tends to not show a lot of fear throughout the book. He tends to come off as protective over Lennie, strong, and confident. This break in George’s character immediately caught my attention, because I felt like if George, this strong, protective character, was scared then there was an important reason to be. This passage is also another example of foreshadowing. The author uses foreshadowing a lot, especially in reference to the fight between Lennie and Curley. The fight isn’t the main conflict, but I found more reference to it than the main conflict of the plot.

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