August Burns Red

the farm dream, and the death of Lennie. In Of Mice and Men the plans of George and Lennie go “askew”, or awry. This is a parallel to the poem from which the book gets its name. The title “Of Mice and Men” is an allusion, or a reference, to Robert Burns’ To a Mouse.” The poem “To a Mouse” is a type of apology to a mouse that had it’s home…

Is it better to have hope, but risk being disappointed, or to just abandon hope? In the story Of Mice of Men the main characters Lennie and George have a plan to buy a house where they would farm and raise animals/rabbits. Is the plan that important though, could they even achieve it? Lennie and George’s dream was important, even though it wasn’t likely it would happen, because it gave Lennie hope, gave George something he could use to control/guide Lennie, and made Lennie cheerful thinking…

in the most subtle of ways like in the novel Of Mice and Men which is based on a poem entitled To a Mouse written by Robert Burns. Steinbeck uses main characters Lennie and George who face great difficulty in their journey as migrant workers who are striving for their dream of a ranch…

fate forever, sure man can escape a close call a few times but eventually fate will catch up. Look deeper into different styles of literature and a common theme will jump out in the poem To a Mouse by Robert Burns. Robert Burns wrote, “The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew…” (Burns 39-40), by saying this he is showing that no matter how much planning you put into your actions it doesn’t mean it will happen. The Filmmaker Lasse Hallström also dove deep into the idea of fate in his…

“The best laid schemes Of Mice and Men often go askew,” said poet Robert Burns. George and Lennie travel around together working on ranches. Lennie is a big guy, strong, and a really hard worker, Lennie is a little slow and is not the brightest. George is Lennie’s best friend who makes sure Lennie doesn’t get into any trouble. Lennie got into some trouble back in Weed where Lennie was stroking a girls dress, he wasn’t trying to cause any harm, but the girl screamed until eventually people from…

seen miles away. These fires can burn for days, and weeks. They have the potential to wipe out an entire forest. There are 3 conditions in which are needed for a wildfire to burn, which firefighters call the fire triangle: fuel, oxygen, and a heat source. (National Geographic) Fuel is any flammable material surrounding a fire. The greater an area’s fuel load, the more intense…

Ambrose Everett Burnside was a U.S. military general, railroad executive, and political figure. He was born in Liberty, Indiana, on May 23, 1824, and was the 4th of 9 children. He was ranked 18th out of 47 in his class and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847. During the Mexican-American War, he served as an artillery officer. In 1855, he invented the Burnside Carbine, a gun used commonly throughout the Civil War on both sides. He was also the treasurer for the Illinois…

Fire Behaviour Moisture: Background Information: With some parts of Australia being extremely prone to bushfires, ways to prevent them and understand them are vital. They can be caused by unattended fires, glass, cigarettes and flammable chemicals left in the sun. (Bushfires - Get the Facts, 2008) Fires account for approxmately 100 deaths and 3000 injuries every year. (BrianAshe, 2012) The total cost of structural damage estimates around $18 billion and $16 billion devoted to managing the…

The trigger for sympathy for the eponymous character Miss Julie The inevitability of fate as a motor for drama has been used through the ages and August Strindberg’s controversial play Miss Julie falls into this grouping of literary classics. The eponymous protagonist (daughter of a count and a commoner), is driven by a hereditary need to integrate with the lower class yet simultaneously lord over them. Using her sexuality but also tempted by lowering herself socially, she beds her servant,…

During the reading of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, I was often shocked by how misogynistic Nietzsche appeared. His declarations and defamations of women caused a great amount of discomfort while reading as I am a strong feminist and Nietzsche was apparently my nemesis. Throughout Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche offers several witty aphorisms pertaining to women such as “compare man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not have the genius for finery if she did not have…