Of Mice Of Men Poem Analysis

The reality of the mouse, Lennie, and George, thought they could live are virtually indistinguishable. The poem, To a Mouse by Robert Burns, in which the mouse thought she was prepared, but in reality her home is destroyed, is where the two pieces are found similar. "Thou saw the fields laid bare an' west, An'weary winter comin fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash! The cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell" (Burns 5). To represent the relationship between Of Mice of Men by John Steinbeck and the poem the first piece of evidence used is, "They all sat still. All bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about" (Steinbeck 60). George has hope in seeing a future where they live their dream eventually if they kept working hard with Candy's help.
Both hopes are brought up for George and the mouse for what's to come in their life. An additional piece of evidence pulled from novella, is the part where Lennie really puts their dream on the line. “’I done a real bad thing…I shouldn’t of did that. George’ll be mad. An’…he said…an’ hide in the brush till he come’ [Lennie says to himself]” (Steinbeck 92). This expert from the novella shows the point where even Lennie realizes the severity of the situation. In the poem, Burns writes about how the mouse thought she was well-prepared for the winter to come. However, when it finally came, the mouse is worrying about the harsh winter with the destruction brought upon her home. These scenarios relate to each other because it represents how the mouse and Lennie are now aware of severity of their future. The accident brings the two characters farther from achieving their dreams. Furthermore, this part from the book goes on as George tells Lennie about their American Dream, before he is putdown. "’You...an'