Of Mice and Men Group

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lshine10
lshine10
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High School - 10th Grade

What is the literary relationship between "To a Mouse" and Of Mice and Men?

I understand some of the thematic relationships like plans that go awry, the unability to predict the future, etc., But I don't understant the relationship between the two pieces from a literary standpoint.

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Posted by lshine10 on Sunday April 27, 2008 at 1:45 PM and tagged with literary relationship, of mice and men, to a mouse.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    It is said that Steinbeck took the title of his novel from the next-to-last line of Burns's poem: "'The best-laid plans of mice and men / Go oft awry." George and Lennie dream of owning their own place someday, but just as in the poem, their plans go awry.

    There really isn't any other "literary" relationship between the two works (at least not that I can see).

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    Posted by linda-allen on Tuesday April 29, 2008 at 7:14 AM

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