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In the beginning of the story Slim kills Candy's dog, Slim takes the dog out into the woods and shoot the dog Right in the back of the head where the spine meets the skull. Towards the end of the book when Gorge and the men are looking for Lennie, Gorge sends the men south knowing that Lennie will be north hiding in the brush just as Gorge told him to. When Gorge finds Lennie he sits him down and tells him to look out into the open and that he would be able to see the ranch they planned on having. Lennie obeyed as if it was a master commanding his dog to sit. Lennie doing so began to ask gorge about the the ranch gorge made little conversation then Gorge aimed the gun to the back of Lennie's head where the spine meets the skull and pulled the trigger killing Lennie, It Was as if Gorge was Slim and Lennie was the dog.
ReplyDeleteThere were some many time that foreshadowing was used during this book. The first one that i saw was how Lennie was rough with animals and didn't mean to be and at the end he was rough with people, he beat up Mr.Curley and then killed Mr. Curley's wife.
ReplyDeleteThe foreshadows I saw throughout the novel was the repetition of scenery to start and end in chapters. I believe the author was brilliant with the usage of the setting and the imagery. When George and Lennie are on their way to the ranch they stop by in a forest and George gives Lennie specific instructions that if he ever got in trouble to hide there. Towards the end of the novel that scenery was repeated but little did Lennie know that would be his death bed. Another foreshadow would be the constant deaths by Lennie unintentionally . Lennie puts animals in danger way without meaning too including Curely’s wife. The numerous deaths played a role throughout this novel leading up to something that was the last straw for Lennie. These were foreshadows because these lead to George killing Lennie which surprised me. After Curley’s wife’s death I would believe Curley would be the one to seek revenge. The snake could have been a foreshadow and also symbolize Lennie. The reason why I said this is because in the novel the snake got away from trouble as well as Lennie did. But once the snake was caught it wasn’t taken care of right then and there. Lennie gotten in trouble once to many time and time after time has gotten away with it until the death of Curley’s wife. The color red was always a foreshadow whenever Curley’s wife was present near the other men.
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of foreshadows throughout the book that made me think for a bit. The fact that Lennie killed every mouse or pet that he had. Kinda weird a bit. The fact that George was burdened with alot of stress, said something. When Curley's wife decided to show up out of nowhere when they arrived kinda alluded something to me also. When Carlson took Candy's Dog (His best friend and only family he had) out and shot him in the back of the head said something to me. When i saw the movie the Pup that Lennie got was white while the others were black and he was different from the others and really didnt belong in the litter said something to me. The fact the pup died said something. When Curley's wife walked and let Lennie touch her hair said that something was bound to happen. When George was going to find Lennie and Carlson's gun was missing said something. These were key facts that you could use as foreshadow
ReplyDeleteI think that all of the dog-like behavior shown by Lennie is the biggest example of foreshadowing in the story. In the beginning, Lennie drinks water from a pond by sticking his face in the water, like a dog. Throughout the whole story, he follows George around and obeys him, like a dog. He has tremendous interest in small rodents and rabbits, like a dog. Later on in the story, Candy's dog is shot, but Candy doesn't get to shoot it himself. This leaves him sad and unfulfilled, because Candy should have been the one to shoot it. Candy's dog is a symbol of Lennie, and what would've happened to Lennie in the end if George didn't shoot him. He would've been killed by someone else, in an unacceptable way. Even though the end of Lennie's life was different than that of Candy's dog, he still displayed dog-like behavior as the final act of his life, obeying George by obliviously positioning himself to be shot. All of the dog references in the book were foreshadowing Lennie's death, a shot to the back of the head, just like Candy's dog.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the book when George and Lennie had to run away from Weed because Lennie scared a girl, is an example of foreshadowing when Curley's wife is introduced in the book. Especially towards the end when she's wearing all red, because that's the same color the other girl was wearing.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with D.Harrington with the dog-like behavior. When thought about, it is true. Lennie was acting like a dog, and he was shot; just like the dog was. In the same spot and for the same reason; because he was too much trouble, and he was weak. Not physically, but Lennie was mentally weak.
ReplyDeleteOh My! I never realized that the pup Lennie took was the "odd one" out! I never realized that and that says more about the theme of this book as well!! Brilliant..
ReplyDelete@Taroc. I have to say you phrase your thoughts beautifully!
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