How Powerful and Significant is The Death of Lennie in Of Mice and Men.
Within the novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, the build up to the shooting of Lennie small (one of the main characters in the novel) is significant because it has been led up to with the use of foreshadowing within the novel. The shooting of Lennie has four points to cover: Silence, Narrative Style, Syntax and Parallel with other characters.
Silence is which is used throughout the book which is significant during Candy’s dog being shot. It is not so much used in the end of the book but it occurs for example, when George is talking to Lennie during the build-up of Lennie being shot the pauses of silence which are used give the effect of the danger Lennie and …show more content…
He is talking to Lennie in a way to calm him down after running away and having a hallucination which George has no knowledge of but Lennie’s state is what George is in. The style of narration (which is 3rd person limited) goes back to when George argues with Lennie at the beginning of the book where he threatens to leave George “I’ll go right off in the hills an' find a cave…” is what he threatens to do which at the start of the book by the river. The narrative style of book involves repetition. Lennie is making George tell him how in his mind it’s going to be which when we first hear it “George repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before...” Which is what Lennie wants to hear and George is willing to go through with it to fasten the process so he can shoot him before the others arrive. The way this part of the scene is narrative is particularly important running up to the actual shot where the narration regarding the shooting how it is giving the reader the impression of tension of which is building up to the death of Lennie, through the intense pressure which is ever so mounting up on George and the inattentive …show more content…
During the scene we see repetition of the story which Lennie wanted to be told again, but the way it is also repeated is by George repeating what Lennie says either directly or in an abridged version. We also see shortened sentences during the build-up Lennie’s death, this shows the hesitation of George during the run up to Lennie’s death. Pauses are also a significant part of the syntax, these made by George rather than Lennie to give the impression of something dramatic may possibly happen in the next few
Within the novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, the build up to the shooting of Lennie small (one of the main characters in the novel) is significant because it has been led up to with the use of foreshadowing within the novel. The shooting of Lennie has four points to cover: Silence, Narrative Style, Syntax and Parallel with other characters.
Silence is which is used throughout the book which is significant during Candy’s dog being shot. It is not so much used in the end of the book but it occurs for example, when George is talking to Lennie during the build-up of Lennie being shot the pauses of silence which are used give the effect of the danger Lennie and …show more content…
He is talking to Lennie in a way to calm him down after running away and having a hallucination which George has no knowledge of but Lennie’s state is what George is in. The style of narration (which is 3rd person limited) goes back to when George argues with Lennie at the beginning of the book where he threatens to leave George “I’ll go right off in the hills an' find a cave…” is what he threatens to do which at the start of the book by the river. The narrative style of book involves repetition. Lennie is making George tell him how in his mind it’s going to be which when we first hear it “George repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before...” Which is what Lennie wants to hear and George is willing to go through with it to fasten the process so he can shoot him before the others arrive. The way this part of the scene is narrative is particularly important running up to the actual shot where the narration regarding the shooting how it is giving the reader the impression of tension of which is building up to the death of Lennie, through the intense pressure which is ever so mounting up on George and the inattentive …show more content…
During the scene we see repetition of the story which Lennie wanted to be told again, but the way it is also repeated is by George repeating what Lennie says either directly or in an abridged version. We also see shortened sentences during the build-up Lennie’s death, this shows the hesitation of George during the run up to Lennie’s death. Pauses are also a significant part of the syntax, these made by George rather than Lennie to give the impression of something dramatic may possibly happen in the next few