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Robbie Burns’ To a mouse and John Steinbeck’s of mice and men

Robbie Burns’ To a mouse and John Steinbeck’s of mice and men. By Melody Kambewa and Lydia Swiatkowska. To A Mouse - Summary. Farmer (speaker) apologizes to mouse for ruining its home Speaker contemplates destructive nature of humanity’s interactions with natural world.

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Robbie Burns’ To a mouse and John Steinbeck’s of mice and men

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  1. Robbie Burns’ To a mouse and John Steinbeck’s of mice and men By Melody Kambewa and Lydia Swiatkowska

  2. To A Mouse - Summary • Farmer (speaker) apologizes to mouse for ruining its home • Speaker contemplates destructive nature of humanity’s interactions with natural world

  3. Robert Burns - Facts • Born January 25, 1759 in Alloway village, Scotland • Inspired by Alexander Pope, Henry Mackenzie, and Laurence Sterne • Farmer, poet, and songwriter • Proponent of the Romanticism literary movement

  4. Of Mice and Men - Summary • Two itinerant farm workers dream of escaping poverty • Set in the Depression-era Salinas Valley • Main characters: • George and Lennie; George is de facto caretaker of Lennie, who has a mild mental disability

  5. Common Themes – Book and Poem • Unfulfilled dreams • Poem: “the best-laid schemes of mice and men go often awry (39)” • Book: hopelessness of American Dream • Destructive qualities of humanity • Poem: farmer ruins mouse’s home • Book: Lennie’s strength  violence

  6. Common Themes- Book and Poem • Exploration of strength and weakness • Poem: Human’s strength (consciousness) is source of weakness (43-48) • Book: Lennie’s physical strength becomes his downfall

  7. Citations • SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Of Mice and Men.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2007. Web. 18 Sept. 2013. • Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. 1st ed. 57. United States of America: Penguin Group, 1993. 5-6. Print. • N.A. "Robert Burns.“ BBC, 2013. Web. 18 September, 2013. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/biography.shtml.>

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