There were many foreshadows (objects, incidents, colors, statements, images, settings and so on) that appeared which were later significant when similar events later occurred.
What foreshadows did you identify in this story so far? What evidence do you have to prove them so?
In the story "OF Mice and Men" Lennie had an incident earlier in the story with a women in a red dress. The red dress attracted Lennie and as he went to feel the dress the women tried to get away not aware of Lennie's intent. Because of her reaction Lennie held onto the women's dress not knowing what else to do.When Curley's wife walked into the barn and started talkin to Lennie It automatically caused me to raise a brow. The whole situation seemed wrong and I had a feeling something bad could happen. What made it this part of the story more intense was the fact that leading up to this very point, George warned Lennie to stay away from Curley's wife. This made me think that once or if Lennie and Curly's wife were ever together then bad things would follow. When Curly's wife asked Lennie to touch her hair and feel how smooth it was that was the point of no return. Lennie from the get-go always was a "Touchy" person. He touched the womens dress, the mouse whiched he killed, and the puppy which he also killed. Lennie got carried away and didn't stop when Curly's wife asked to and caused her to get frantic which then made Lennie nervous which caused him to accidentally snap her neck. All along from the beginning of the story was a build up or a "Foreshadow" of what would happen next.
ReplyDeleteIn the start of the story "OF Mice and Men" Candy had a really worthless dog. A man named Carlson shot the dog because it was worth nothing. I feel like that is going to happen to Lennie because he is worth nothing in life just like the dog. Also George has to watch over him just like Candy watched over his dog.
ReplyDelete@ J. Fenner, that's a good observation. I honestly did not make that connection while reading the story. Now that I look back and think about what I read I can see what the author was trying to get across to the readers.
ReplyDelete@ A MAC: I like how you made that statement "Lennie from the get-go always was a "Touchy" person". i came to realize that if something looks colorful and attractive it grabs lennie attention. I'm pretty sure a lot of us can relate to lennie "touchy person". when we see something cute or colorful we want to touch it. lennie on the other hand touch whatever that catches his attention. for example the "red dress", he pets it as if it was a animal and then he gets too excited and gets out of control to the point he might end up hurting someone.
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