Of Mice and Men - March 14th, 2011

          The poem "To a Mouse and" the book "Of Mice and Men" have a lot of the same messages.  They talk about how the future is always uncertain.  I think that this book was called Of Mice and Men because the poem is about how plans are ruined easily.  This book talks about the same things.  Some other contributing factors to this book title is that it was written during the Great Depression.  Because it was written during the Great Depression many people could easily relate to this story.  Most people probably didn't kill someone but they had lost everything from homes to financial security.  Their plans were destroyed and people had a hard time regaining what they had lost.  When Lennie killed Curley's wife it destroyed any chances of George and Candy being able to achieve their goals of owning some land.  Steinbeck is saying that life always takes unexpected turns and that you have to deal with them the best that you can.  People's lives take turns everyday and they deal with it the best that they can.