Person vs. Fate in the Novella Of Mice and Men
In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the title is chosen because it is an allusion from the Scottish poem To a Mouse, which reflects on the fate of migrant workers. Both the poem and the book are about how migrant workers have to deal with person vs. fate, and how their fate might not be what they want for the future. In the end of the book George kills Lennie because he believes that killing Lennie is George’s best choice for his future. After Lennie dies George realizes that his American Dream was forever lost. 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. Steinbeck shares that George and Lennie’s futures includes them realizing that they were born poor migrant workers, and are probably going to stay poor 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. …show more content…
George knew that Lennie was going to get killed by Curley anyway, so George killed Lennie himself. George reminds Lennie about how Lennie used to kill all the mice his Aunt Clara gave to him. “That was your own Aunt Clara. An’ she stopped giving them to ya. You always killed them”(9). Lennie’s fate is foreshadowed when he snaps the dog and the mouse's’ necks. The same as when Lennie snaps Curley’s wife’s neck. “George says I ain’t got nothing to do with you”(86). Lennie knows that he should not talk to Curley’s wife, but he does anyway. This foreshadows Lennie’s and Curley’s wife’s fate. Lennie makes these mistakes because he does not know his own
In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the title is chosen because it is an allusion from the Scottish poem To a Mouse, which reflects on the fate of migrant workers. Both the poem and the book are about how migrant workers have to deal with person vs. fate, and how their fate might not be what they want for the future. In the end of the book George kills Lennie because he believes that killing Lennie is George’s best choice for his future. After Lennie dies George realizes that his American Dream was forever lost. 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. Steinbeck shares that George and Lennie’s futures includes them realizing that they were born poor migrant workers, and are probably going to stay poor 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. …show more content…
George knew that Lennie was going to get killed by Curley anyway, so George killed Lennie himself. George reminds Lennie about how Lennie used to kill all the mice his Aunt Clara gave to him. “That was your own Aunt Clara. An’ she stopped giving them to ya. You always killed them”(9). Lennie’s fate is foreshadowed when he snaps the dog and the mouse's’ necks. The same as when Lennie snaps Curley’s wife’s neck. “George says I ain’t got nothing to do with you”(86). Lennie knows that he should not talk to Curley’s wife, but he does anyway. This foreshadows Lennie’s and Curley’s wife’s fate. Lennie makes these mistakes because he does not know his own