Osmosis

In what ways is this early episode a preperation for what is to come in the novel?


In this extract of the book it shows the reader a dialogue between Lennie and George. It is at the beginning of the book and therefore the reader is being introduced to the relationship between them, the surroundings and various other factors that Steinbeck cleverly but slowly introduces. I am going to discuss the way that Steinbeck prepares the reader for what is to come in the novel.
Throughout the book, Lennie does several harmful things, for example kill Curley’s wife and kill the puppy. I think that in this extract Steinbeck is preparing the reader for what other bad things that Lennie may do, ‘It’s on’y a mouse,’ shows the reader that he starts off with small things then his victims get bigger. However Lennie does not understand that he is doing wrong. For example the mouse, the puppy then Curley’s wife. Also, ‘I didn’t kill it,’ shows that Lennie may know that he has the s...