What are two examples of foreshadowing in this chapter?
Example Two: One example of foreshadowing is when Lennie kills the mouse in chapter one. It shows that Lennie doesn’t know his own strength and will probably hurt something accidentally later. This happens twice later in the book, when Lennie accidentally kills the puppy, and when he kills Curley’s wife.
What are two examples of foreshadowing in Chapter 2?
Another good example of foreshadowing is seen in Curley’s hostile behavior towards Lennie in the bunkhouse in Chapter 2 and Candy’s explanation of Curley’s character: “Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys.
What is foreshadowed in Chapter 5 of mice and men?
Foreshadowing is the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. His handling of mice foreshadows the death of the puppy in chapter five. Lennie is in the barn mourning his puppy when Curley’s wife comes in.
What happened in Chapter 5 foreshadowed George’s action?
In this chapter, George relates what occurred in Weed with Lennie and a girl in a red dress. This incident of Lennie’s strength while he held so tightly to the girl’s dress when she screamed clearly foreshadows the incident of Lennie with Curley’s wife, which is the cause of George’s actions towards Lennie.
Did Lennie kill a puppy?
Lennie accidentally kills his puppy, probably by squeezing him or hitting him too hard. Not knowing his own strength, Lennie was too rough with his puppy and ended up killing it. Like the dead mouse he had at the beginning, Lennie continues to stroke it because it’s soft.
What is wrong with Lennie?
Lennie has a mental disability, making him dependent upon George to manage day to day life in the difficult environment in which they live and work. Lennie is physically very strong (so his name is ironic), but cannot control himself, leading to escalating acts of accidental violence through the book.
What is Lennie’s mental disability?
Of Mice and Men is a story about an intellectually disabled man. Lennie’s disability is central to the plot; if he were not intellectually disabled, the story would simply not work. It has also been suggested (Loftis, 2015, 2016) that Lennie exhibits characteristics of autism.
What would Lennie be diagnosed with?
There is no suggestion in the novel that Lennie is disproportionate in his stature, so certain conditions that include this physical feature: Marfan syndrome; 47, XXY (Klinefelter) syndrome; Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome; and XYY syndrome are excluded.
What color is Lennie’s hair?
Gentle and kind, Lennie nevertheless does not understand his own strength. His love of petting soft things, such as small animals, dresses, and people’s hair, leads to disaster. Slim A quiet, insightful man. Big & tall with long black hair.
How is Candy’s dog killed?
Candy replies that he has had the dog for too many years to kill it, but Carlson continues to pressure him. As the men marvel over it, Carlson offers to kill the dog quickly by shooting it in the back of the head. Reluctantly, Candy gives in. Carlson takes the dog outside, promising Slim that he will bury the corpse.
What did Candy’s dog symbolize?
In the world Of Mice and Men describes, Candy’s dog represents the fate awaiting anyone who has outlived his or her purpose. Although Carlson promises to kill the dog painlessly, his insistence that the old animal must die supports a cruel natural law that the strong will dispose of the weak.
What chapter do they kill Candy’s dog?
Chapter 3