To a Mouse

Switzerland. Around the same time “a little known device called the computer mouse was beginning to surface”. The founders worked closely with the developers of the mouse and helped them bring it to the market however a prototype was first developed. This lead to an initial funding from an IT firm called Ricoh management in which the founders had worked as consultants. With the funding in hand Logitech went on to introduce the mouse…

anthropomorphic animals (i.e., all Jews are portrayed as mice, thus the name Maus which is German for "mouse"). The Jews, as mice,…

Have you lived your whole life without seeing a single mouse or rat? Are you someone who feels that none of this concerns you? For anybody living in New York, these rodents are a major problem. Although they are believed to be only found in subway stations and sewers, you might find one sitting five feet away your couch, sharing your popcorn and excreting waste to show its thanks. Sounds disgusting and absurd? Well, that’s reality! Why did I choose to research this? I started to research this…

Steinbeck once said, “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” The theme of power and powerlessness is very prominent throughout Of Mice and Men. There are many examples including the time where Lennie killed the mouse that he kept in his pocket because he did not know how much strength he actually contained. The novella is about 2 migrant workers named Lennie, who has a mental disability, and George who find work in on a ranch in the Salinas Valley. Lennie…

plans go “askew”, the death of Curley’s wife, the loss of the farm dream, and the death of Lennie. One of the other foreshadowing examples is how their plans go “askew”. Askew means to have plans go off track. The poem “To a Mouse” written by Robert Burns tells the story of a mouse, who, like a man, has it’s plans sent askew. The poem states “Your small house, too, in ruin… Now you are turned out, for all your trouble,…

doesn’t need batteries or fuel. It is powered by simply setting the trap and letting it loose. The wound spring has a ton of potential energy stored in it. The power from the spring propels the car. A rod, or lever, (typically used to snap the neck of a mouse), pulls the string wound around an axle. The string unwinds, converting the potential energy from the wound spring into kinetic energy; causing the wheels to rotate, pushing the mousetrap forward. This process basically converts the energy…

How would you feel if you had a friend and you are taking care of them and you’re not able to have all the fun in life because of them? There is a story of a boy that I previously went to school with that was bullied because he didn’t wear the newest clothing and he smelled a certain way. There was nothing he could do to change it because it was just him. He had the nicest personality but no one looked at that side of him just because of the way he appeared. He dealt with external conflicts…

In the novel of Of mice and men, John Steinbeck explores the relationship between two friends, George and Lennie, they have a strong and unusual relationship. They have a powerful dream of having a place of their own so that they have no trouble with anyone and no one has trouble with them, in order for this dream to come true they have to work on ranches so they have enough money to get the place. George and Lennie work hard but since Lennie has a mind of a child and forgetful, he keeps getting…

Budget Justification Personnel Vijaya M. Lella (also known as L. Vijaya Mohan Rao), Ph.D. Principal Investigator, 3.6 calendar months effort and salary. The P.I. will devote 30% of his effort on the proposed grant. He will assume overall responsibility for the proposed project, which includes supervision of all personnel involved in the project, planning, the design of experimental approaches, the close review of the data, data analysis & interpretation, preparation of manuscripts, and decisions…

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…