Help with questions about ';Of Mice and Men';?

1)What previous event in the novel foreshadows Lennie's death?





2)Why did George do what he did? (kill Lennie)





3) What was significant about Slim's reaction? (in the end)Help with questions about ';Of Mice and Men';?
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck





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http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/t鈥?/a>Help with questions about ';Of Mice and Men';?
1. The shooting of Candy's dog foreshadows Lennie's death, creating irony because the gun used to do the shooting is the same one used to kill Lennie. This also links back to the animal imagery used to describe Lennie throughout the novel.





2. George killed Lennie because he knew that he could give Lennie a gentler and more peaceful death than if he died at the hands of the mob chasing him.





3. This tells us about Slim's character. It immediately shows us that he is 'above' the other men, not only in his job status, but also because he can empathise and understand George's actions. This links back to George's chat with Slim, in which he tells him about his relationship with Lennie.
There are actually a few events that foreshadow the killing of Lennie. It was already mentioned, but the killing of Candy's dog is probably the most obvious. Lennie killed his puppy as well, and it happens just before his own death. Lennie also kills Curly's wife. All are foreshadowing his death as well as continually expose an important theme of the book: how the powerful take advantage of the weak. I think there are two possible answers to your second question. Again the obvious would suggest that George did not want Lennie to be brutalized by the Curly and his possee. But I have always thought that perhaps George was saving his own skin. George might have been blamed simply because he was Lennie's buddy. And your third question is a good one, too. Slim liked both Lennie and George and did not like Curly and the likely outcome of what would happen if the gang caught Lennie . . . torture? lynching? It would not be pretty. The taking of Lennie's life was almost an inevitablility, I hate to say. He was huge, strong, tough, but really quite helpless. At one point in the story, Slim is described as god like, and well regarded by all others in the story. His reaction was significant because of his stature in the eyes of other characters and in the way John Steinbeck created his place in the story.
wellll to #1


i would say what happened with the girl in weed


and also teh fact that curleys wife wearing red - signals danger


it like builds up through the novel


and yes i agree with the thing about the deatj of the dog but i think the factors i just mentioned forshadows the death more





george killed lennie coz he was fed up with him and having to look after him 24/7 and he knew if he didnt kill him someone else would have so wanted to make him happy when he dies rather than sad, hence why he talks about the rabbits and the 'dream' then shoots him - dies with happy thoughts





slim..i cant remember sorry!
1. The death of Candy's dog is the biggest. Lennie killing his puppy and Curley's wife can also foreshadow his death.


2. George didn't want anybody else killing his friend and he wanted to kill Lennie as painlessly as possible.


3. ?
3. He thought George did the right thing

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