Allusion is used very often in older literature. Most of the older film titles really have a basic meaning hidden under their surface. In the film Of Mice and Men, the narrator used allusion within its title by connecting the title with popular lines in a poem titled To a Mouse. The poem states “the best-laid plans of Mice and Men often go awry.” In the movie, George promises Lennie they will one day have a farm with chickens and cows and RABBITS and Lennie can tend to the rabbits. As the story progresses, the viewer eventually sees the horror of Lennie killing the girl and then George killing Lennie. Boom! All of their hard work and lovely plans are destroyed. The poem pretty well states that this would eventually occur because plans tend
