Foreshadowing
Eg candy shoots dog
George and lennie have a relationship where George Will help lennie and the same with lennie but when candy and his dog had the same relationship they done the same thing by shooting the other one.
Escalation
Mouse dog woman
Lennie is very careless when it comes to living things for example he killed mice because he handled them badly then he killed a dog and then a woman.
Establishes relationship between George and lennie
“We are not like other guys”
Lennie an George are not like other guys they travel around together which shows that they have a very good relationship.
Builds a shared dream
George and lennie had a dream to have there own little farm but when George killed lennie he killed not just lennie’s dream but George to.
Establishes a setting of indifference (nature, people)
There is no one that cares on the ranch people get away with murder and no one cares they just carry on with life.
React!