Of Mice and Men is a truly tear jerking story of the relationship of two men. Lennie, being slower than most, relies on someone to look out for him. George, Lennie's cousin, is a caretaker and friend to Lennie. The personalities shown through the book are similar to those in "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns. The mouse and man in "To a Mouse" are the foundation to Lennie and George's personalities and relationship in Steinbeck's novel. Steinbeck brings to view how an original work can be expanded into a new inspirational, exceptional, and different idea that still contains key elements without changing the message. The verse, "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, gang aft agley," points out that the most carefully prepared plans can go wrong.
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The narrator knows that he can hypothesize the future but he always fears the outcomes. He knows that there are regrets in the past as well. The narrator believes the mouse is lucky, for she does not have to think of the past and the future to come. He decides that the worrying it causes him is mostly in vain and he grows to accept uncertainty of the future. George and Lennie find themselves often creating a false future to drown out the real problems and possibilities. Their fairy-tale ending only grows more and more as time goes on to ignore the troubles in their lives. The two literary texts differ from one another. One knows that the outcome will vary while the other has more faith in a prepared plan than fate itself. It is not until Lennie's incident with Curley's wife that George sees beyond the future they have painted and determines that the best action to be taken is to kill his friend. Since Lennie is always quick to forget the past, and sometimes the future as well, he does not worry for things such as George does.The choice made by George destroys any hopes of their paradise, but there could not be such a great future with the reoccurrence of bad
The narrator knows that he can hypothesize the future but he always fears the outcomes. He knows that there are regrets in the past as well. The narrator believes the mouse is lucky, for she does not have to think of the past and the future to come. He decides that the worrying it causes him is mostly in vain and he grows to accept uncertainty of the future. George and Lennie find themselves often creating a false future to drown out the real problems and possibilities. Their fairy-tale ending only grows more and more as time goes on to ignore the troubles in their lives. The two literary texts differ from one another. One knows that the outcome will vary while the other has more faith in a prepared plan than fate itself. It is not until Lennie's incident with Curley's wife that George sees beyond the future they have painted and determines that the best action to be taken is to kill his friend. Since Lennie is always quick to forget the past, and sometimes the future as well, he does not worry for things such as George does.The choice made by George destroys any hopes of their paradise, but there could not be such a great future with the reoccurrence of bad