John Steinbeck's 'Who Moved My Cheese?'

“Who Moved My cheese?” describes what everyone strives for in life and what make us happy. Cheese is a representation something that we strive for, and something to we hope to gain or achieve in life. I think that cheese is also something that comforts us, like home or maybe the gym. Something or somewhere we feel comfortable at, something that does not take us out of our comfort zone. The story also portrays people or characters that are don’t adapt and hate change. Different people deal with change differently, and some people refuse to change their daily routine because it makes them uncomfortable. The maze is a representation or life, and how you never know what is around the corner, and how you’ll adapt to it. In “Who Moved My cheese?”, I identify most with is Scurry. When I think of scurry, I think of action, and fast thinking. When the mice discovered that the cheese was running low, the quickly decided to go find more cheese. I think the military has made me the same way. A lot of the times, you have to be able to think fast, and have the ability to change because you never know when the mission is going to change or if there is going to be stuff added into what you already were planning to do. Quick reaction limits the amount of emotion tied to something, so for me that make change comes easy. Though a downside to Scurry is that that he …show more content…
A lot of the times you don’t see the things that are in front of you, or your faults until your read or see them firsthand. I could relate to each on the characters at some point in the book, whether it was by their actions, or just a trait. I think this book is a good book for a freshman class to open their eyes and let them see how the relate to these characters, and what they can do to fix themselves. This book gives its reader skills for understanding and dealing with change, and hot identify small changes so that you can be prepared for inevitable big