This is where Lennie has gone back to that place by the river after he has killed Curley’s wife. Lennie expects that George will give him hell. he asks George if George is not going to do it. George says that he will not, but Lennie really wants him to.
Answer:
a motif contribute to, or become A SYMBOL, when it gathers larger significance throughout a text
Explanation:
When one gathers more importance to accentuate a mood or a the image, that reason serves as a symbol or allows an element associated to become a symbol
