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Detailed explanation-1: -When Carlson kills the dog, Candy confides to George that he wishes he’d done it himself instead of letting Carlson do it. This comment foreshadows George’s decision to shoot Lennie himself, as he is Lennie’s closest companion.

Detailed explanation-2: -An example of foreshadowing that Lennie will kill Curley’s wife is when Lennie is in the barn by himself and just killed his puppy by smacking it too hard. Lennie said to the dog, “ Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard” (85).

Detailed explanation-3: -candy’s dead dog This specific scene shows the most foreshadowing of the death Lennie. Carlson takes Candy’s dog outside and kills it. Candy tells George that he shouldn’t have let a stranger kill his dog. This later led to George shooting Lennie instead of allowing Lennie to be killed by Curley and his mob.

Detailed explanation-4: -As Lennie unveils his “woe” and the details of his puppy’s death to Curley’s wife, Lennie’s puppy symbolizes a warning or foreshadowing of Lennie’s inability to control his own strength.

Detailed explanation-5: -The death of Lennie is foreshadowed in Of Mice and Men chapter three. This is first foreshadowed when Carlson shoots Candy’s dog to put it out of its misery. Later, the events that lead to Lennie’s death are foreshadowed when George reveals to Slim the events that made the two leave Weed, California.