Thursday, October 7, 2010
Foreshadowing
There were many foreshadows that appeared which were later significant when similar events later occurred. Which events foreshadowed what occurence and what similarities existed bewteen them to confirm their significance? (When you respond, be clear in your first line of your response as to what specific foreshadow you are referrring.)
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Examples of foreshadow 'The little girl,and Curly's wife'. The little girl's incident involving Lennie;(Lennie being tempted enough to grab her dress, enough to scared her to get him in trouble.) and with Curly's wife, ( she tempted Lennie to touch her hair,with her 'Cat-like' ways,) Lennie was tempted to touch the mouse,and puppy,theirs something about colors and texture that appeal to Lennie's eye.the similarities with these two incidents seems as if anything that appeal to Lennie seems to get him 'in trouble.'Another example of foreshadow is when Lennie was in the 'woods by the brush' she stared talking to the rabbit and his aunt Clare. The rabbit told Lennie that 'He will leave you." Lennie covered his ears and said "no."; The rabbit and the hint left the audience in suspense.When George shot Lennie; George sided with the working crew instead of Lennie. The rabbit's hint was talking about George.
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely right about color and texture having to do with the victims. I believe red was a familiar foreshadow itself and all three victims (mouse, puppy and Curley's wife) were trusting Lennie. A bit too much though. After all, he was "kinda a nice fella." "Jus' like a kid." But did your parents trust you with a hamster at age 5?
ReplyDeleteNo ma'am; my parents bought me a puppy according to my size and weight,so I would not hurt it and it would not hurt me.*haha*
ReplyDeleteCandy said to George "i oughtta shot that dog myself, George. i shouldn't oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog." what was weird about this line was that Candy was saying it to George. I feel George thought about this when he knew he had to put Lennie down. He felt like it is his responsibility to put Lennie down, not Curley's or Carlson's. This line put a spark in my mind that something like this would happen again. When George shot Lennie he did it the same way Carlson talked about shooting the dog. He didn't want Lennie to know or feel it. Candy felt worse about letting another man take the responsibility of putting his dog down. He felt guilty for pretty much being a coward and not owning up to his responsibility because it was painful to do. I feel like this proves that George is stronger than Candy and he knows it is his responsibility to take care of his burden.
ReplyDeleteJ Albert that's true that everything mysterious to Lennie tempts him gets him in trouble. I also didn't realize at first that the rabbit and Aunt Clara were talking about George leaving Lennie in the sense of death.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of the foreshadowing moments, but @ JAlbert, I don't think George sided with the crew, he wanted to save Lennie from them, and that's why he killed Lennie in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteEkoch had some well stated points about the murder of Lennie and Candy's dog. I agree that Candy did feel like a coward by not shooting his own dog. On the other hand i believe Candy could not have the will power to even kill the dog. So he could not have the same strength as George.
ReplyDeleteKoch. Your instincts were and are correct. The advice Candy gave were a "spark" in your brain that George would have to deal with a similar situation ,and that "spark" was the foreshadow. NICE WORK. I like the fact that you too address courage when comparing George and Candy.
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