In the book Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, the title is Of Mice And Men because it is an allusion to the poem To a Mouse. Both the poem and the book are about migrant workers and how their fate might not be what they might want for their futures. In the end of the book George kills Lennie which is Lennie's fate. When Lennie snaps the mouse's neck it is foreshadowing when he snaps Curley's wife's neck. Lennie does this because he does not know his own strength. George and Lennie have to realize that they were born poor migrant workers and they might stay migrant workers for the rest of their lives. Lennie's fate of him getting killed by George was foreshadowed when he snapped the mouse's neck in his hand.
When Lennie snps the mouse's neck it foreshadows Lennie's snapping Curley's wife's neck. After, Lennie kills Curley's wife he causes his own death. "That was your own Aunt Clara. An' she stopped giving them to ya. You always kill em” (9). Lennie killed all of the mice the same way he killed Curley's wife. He snapped all of their necks. "George says I ain't to have nothing to do with …show more content…
"With us it ain't like that. We got a future”(14). George and Lennie think they can have the "American Dream", but most likely their fate will not include that happening for them. Even though they might think that this dream is in their future they have to realize that in reality the "American Dream" probably will not happen to poor migrant workers including them. Unlike Lennie and Candy, George is realistic about what will happen to them in the future. “Guys like us that work on ranches,are the loneliest guys in the world” (13). Besides not getting the “American Dream” all the migrant workers have to travel alone, and when they are lonely some people get mean. Which will cause depressing futures for some of the migrant
When Lennie snps the mouse's neck it foreshadows Lennie's snapping Curley's wife's neck. After, Lennie kills Curley's wife he causes his own death. "That was your own Aunt Clara. An' she stopped giving them to ya. You always kill em” (9). Lennie killed all of the mice the same way he killed Curley's wife. He snapped all of their necks. "George says I ain't to have nothing to do with …show more content…
"With us it ain't like that. We got a future”(14). George and Lennie think they can have the "American Dream", but most likely their fate will not include that happening for them. Even though they might think that this dream is in their future they have to realize that in reality the "American Dream" probably will not happen to poor migrant workers including them. Unlike Lennie and Candy, George is realistic about what will happen to them in the future. “Guys like us that work on ranches,are the loneliest guys in the world” (13). Besides not getting the “American Dream” all the migrant workers have to travel alone, and when they are lonely some people get mean. Which will cause depressing futures for some of the migrant