Essay | Of Mice And Men - Novella

Running Head: Essay: Of Mice And Men
ESSAY: OF MICE AND MEN
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1Essay: Of Mice And Men
Introduction
John Steinbeck wrote the book: Of Mice and Men. This novella narrates the story of two
friends: George and Lennie who accepts the generosity challenges around them. The two friends
agree upon the same dreams they dreamt about. In this novella, Steinbeck uses numerous
foreshadowing to provide the reader a clue or a hint about other incidents in the story.
Foreshadowing is a literary device used in the novella to provide hints to the reader beforehand
only that what events is to come later. This paper throws the light on the foreshadowing
examples in Of Mice and Men and also helps in understanding the critical turning point in the
novella. To make the story more interesting, writers use foreshadowing literary device to give a
clue that what will happen at the end of the story. The tragic conclusion Of Mice and Men is
tremendously foreshadowed from the beginning of the novella.
Discussion
In this novella, the foreshadowing highlights an unavoidable sad destiny of George and
Lennie. This novella also justifies certain circumstances brutally limit the lives of working-class
people. Throughout the book, Steinbeck uses many foreshadowing in the novella some
significant examples of foreshadowing includes the event of Candy’s dog being killed by
Carlsons, Curley’s wife a “rat trap, and other foreshadows found throughout story (Heavilin,
2018). At the beginning of the story, the example of foreshadowing is found when George
suggest Lennie that when he falls in specific trouble, then he should come the place right here
and hide within the bush. George was trying to ensure that whether Lennie understood where to
go if he lands himself into trouble as he had in weed (Vuddamalay, and Meerwijk, 2017).
Through this, the author drops a clue that Lennie is going to fall into some problem at a certain