FORESHADOWING OF MICE AND MEN; THE DREAM FALLS APART

THESIS

• In the novel Of Mice and Men
• There are 7 signs that the
• Dream will fall apart

1. THE TITLE

• Comes from a poem
• "The best laid schemes o'mice and men'
• Gang aftagley"

2.GEORGE'S COMPLAINTS ABOUT LENNIE

• "God a'might, if I was alone
• I could live so easy...an whatta I
• Get?" George went on furiously.
• "I get you!"

3.LENNIE'S DESIRE TO LEAVE

• Lennie cried out suddenly."I
• Don't like this place, George.
• This ain't no good place, I wanna
• Get outta here."

4.CRUSHING CURLEY'S HAND

• George ran down the room.
• "Leggo of him,Lennie.let go."

5.CROOKS' OBSERVATION OR EXPERIENCE

• "I see hundreds of men come by...
• Everyone wants a little piece of land....
• Nobody gets no land,it's just in their head."

6.KILLING CURLEY'S WIFE

• "He shook her; and her body
• Flopped like a fish. And then
• She was still, for Lennie had broken her neck

7.GEORGE'S COMMENTS AFTER FINDING CURLEY'S WIFE

• George said softly," I think
• I knowed we'd never do her.
• He usta like to hear about it so much
• I got to thinking maybe we would."