Part 2: Foreshadowing

In Of Mice and Men there was a lot of foreshadowing going on in part 2, especially on page 37. Some of this foreshadowing involves Curly and Candy's ancient dog. "Curly popped into the doorway...the dog raised its head, but when Curly (walked) out, the grizzled head sank to the floor" (37). Usually, when a dog doesn't trust someone they watch them constantly, like Candy's dog did when Curly entered the room. A dogs judgement is almost always right, and they only are wary of people that are trouble. So, obviously Curly is going to do something bad, since he is so untrustworthy and should be watched over, as the ancient dog foreshadows. "the ancient dog walked lamely through the open door... sniffed, and then lay down"(37). So, the dog trusts George and Lennie enough to sleep in front of them, yet he is wary of Curly, which says a lot.