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Of Mice And Men

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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1.

WHERE DOES THE PHRASE

'OF MICE AND MEN' COME FROM?
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The phrase 'Of mice and men' comes from a poem by Robert Burns.

Robert burns was a 18th century Scottish poet.
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TO A MOUSE,ON TURNING

HER UP IN HER NEST WITH A PLOW
This poem is about a mouse which carefully builds a winter nest in a wheat field, only for it to be destroyed by a plough man.


Www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/prosemicemen/3prose_m...
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IN THIS POEM

THE MOUSE DREAMT OF A SAFE WARM WINTER,
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BUT IS FACED WITH

THE HARSH REALITY OF COLD, LONELINESS AND POSSIBLE DEATH.
There is a link here to the book by John Steinbeck, where George and lennie's joyful fansty of a farm to call there own and the harsh realities they face on long the way.
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The best laid scheme o' mice and men,
Often go astray,
And lea'v us nought but grief and pain,
For promised joy

In "to a mouse,on turning her up in her nest with a plow" burns writes...
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FROM THIS

YOU CAN PICTURE GEORGE AND LENNIES STRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THE STOY
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THE BEST LAID SCHEMES O' MICE AND MEN

ARE THE DREAMS THAT GEORGE AND LENNIE HAVE OF OWNING A FARM
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TO THE PAIN AND GRIEF,

THAT GEORGE FACES WHEN LOOSING HIS BEST FRIEND,
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RESULTING IN GORGE

LOSING THE PROMISED JOY, OF DREAMS OF RUNNING THE FARM TOGETHER
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