Lack Of Power In Burns's Of Mice And Men

There are two types of people in the world at any given second: the powerful and the powerless. Everyone is capable of being both. Saying something such as this may not make sense right now, but it is a very important thing that everyone needs to know. This is what John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Robert Burns’s “To a Mouse” teach us about the way that the world operates. These pieces of writing also show us that there isn’t always a happy ending for everyone because of people who have power over other people. First, the powerful. In both “To a Mouse” and Of Mice and Men, the powerful are all of the characters in certain moments. “To a Mouse”’s narrator is powerful when he destroys the mouse’s home with his plow, and the mouse is powerful …show more content…
In “Of A Mouse”, the mouse doesn’t have enough time to build another nest, so it’s probably going to die. Lennie is too strong for his own good and can’t keep from hurting other living things. He never gets his rabbits. George ends up killing Lennie because of this and his grief leaves him unhappy at the end of the book. Curley’s wife wanted to live a lifestyle where she was more respected, but her mother kept her from doing so. All of these things are not the fault of the person, but a normal occurrence because of what other people can and can’t …show more content…
Both of these works provide the same insight into how the world works, and if read together, they will provide a much clearer picture of what they are trying to convey. Both are making points about the powerful and the powerless, and how this pattern often causes destruction to the plans made by everyone. Many of the themes conveyed in literature can help people to better understand the world and its effects on the characters contained within it. Remember, there are two types of people in the world: the powerful and the