“The best laid schemes of mice and men often go askew.” The following excerpt from Robert Burns poem ‘To a mouse’ not only gave the name for the novel Of mice and Men, but it also foreshadows how the story ultimately ends. The Term foreshadow means hints about future events in novels left by the author. Of Mice and Men is a novel by John Steinbeck about two men, George and Lennie, that came from Weed CA and were looking to make their dream of owning a place come true and to get a job. Lennie is a humongous person, but has the mind of a child. George is smaller than Lennie, but smarter than Lennie. As the Novel progresses and as Lennie gets into more trouble, all of their hopes and dreams come crashing down. In the unfortunate end, Lennie is
