The title of Of Mice and Men, a novella written by John Steinbeck, is based off a line in a poem called “To a Mouse” written by Robert Burns. The line reads, “[t]he best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men often go awry”. Mice are perceived as helpless, insignificant, and incapable of choosing their fate; are humans the same? Based off the characters and their actions in Steinbeck’s story, it seems to be so. Both mice and men need social interaction, can be powerful in groups but are weak alone, and sometimes
'loneliness' to other words such as darkness, an inescapable reality or a prison cell. Of Mice and Men is a novel which explores the theme of loneliness and how it affects the characters—in either an unambiguous or abstract way. The story is set during the 1930s during the Great Depression in a place called Soledad. The name itself translates to 'loneliness' in Spanish. In John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, he proves that loneliness
Throughout the novella John Steinbeck uses characters that are wealthy and poor (such as the boss and George) to show that being wealthy does not give you more power. John Steinbeck’s novella, “Of Mice and Men” tells the story of two best friends. One named George who is a small and smart man, and Lennie who is a big and burly guy but not smart and they are both migrant workers. The men live near a town called Soledad in California around the time of the Great Depression. The two men venture off to a new