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Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

Introduction

The novella of Mice and Men is very interesting and remarkable work Actually , it is very difficult to be discussed from the philosophical point of view , because the main idea is hidden in the events and conversations . In the writing the reader finds many reasons of people 's isolation , mainly unfairness and narrow-mindedness . In the given we will define two s of the writing and prove that the main idea of the author is that very often an isolated and lonely individual starts making maybe not

correct but serious attempts to experience a friendship

Two main s of novella

In Of Mice and Men the author shows two different s . The first is conveyed by the title : the weakness of human 's dreams . The second is friendship as the most important thing in our lifes (McElrath 70

Speaking about the first it is essential to mention that Steinbeck took the title for his writing from a verse To a Mouse written by Robert Burns

The best-laid plans of mice and men

Gang aft agley often go wrong

And leave us naught but grief and pain

For promised joy

In these lines Robert Burns expresses the idea that the plans of humans are very fragile like plans of mice . John Steinbeck took this idea for the title of his novella . The dreams of the heroes of the writing are generated by their dissatisfaction with their real life . The author illustrates how low their...

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