Foreshadowing

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Consider the many examples of foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men. What important actions and plot points are forewhadowed? How do these important events differ from the events that foreshadow them? How does foreshadowing help us understand the important turning points in the novella?
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Foreshadowing
  1. INEVITABILITY
    1. There are hints about how the novel will end throughout the text.
      1. One of the themes in Of Mice and Men is that of inevitability.
      2. CANDY'S DOG
        1. There are a number of clues in Chapter 3 that suggest Candy's dog is going to die.
        2. CURLEY'S WIFE
          1. In chapter 3 the death of Curley's wife is being foreshadowed.
          2. STRUCTURE
            1. The last section of the novel echoes the first. The setting is identical and many phrases, incidents and images are repeated.
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