Of Mice And Men Foreshadowing Analysis

Steinbeck's Use of Foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men Every action a character takes is just a means to the end. No matter how small that action is it has some correlation to the story’s conclusion. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is an amazing work of classic literature and to the careful reader the ending is clear before the novella is even finished. Of Mice and Men is the story of two migrant, or traveling, workers by the names of George and Lennie, that search for work in the middle of the Great Depression. The pair find work on an isolated ranch, but things soon turn sour after meeting the boss’s son, Curley, and his bold and flirtatious wife. Of Mice and Men is a tale of friendship and misfortune between the most unlikely of people. In the book John Steinbeck uses many examples of foreshadowing, or the warning or indicating of future events. He uses four clear examples of foreshadowing: the plans of George and Lennie go “askew”, the death of Curley’s Wife, the loss of the farm dream, and the death of Lennie. In Of Mice and Men the plans of George and Lennie go “askew”, or awry. This is a parallel to the poem from which the book gets its name. The title “Of Mice and Men” is an allusion, or a reference, to Robert Burns’ To a Mouse.” The poem “To a Mouse” is a type of apology to a mouse that had it’s home …show more content…
He uses foreshadowing to suggest the plans of George and Lennie go “askew” by having the title be an allusion to another work of literature. He uses it to foretell the death of Curley's wife by showing that Lennie always kills the things he touches. He uses it signal the plan of owning a farm will never happen by having almost all the characters doubt the idea. Finally, he also foreshadows that Lennie will die by comparing Lennie to Candy’s dog and by comparing George to Carlson and Candy. Foreshadowing is very present in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and