Where did the name of the novel mice of men come from?

Answer 1

The phrase is the title of a book by John Steinbeck, written in 1937.

Although written in the then contemporary context of the Californian Great Depression, the dramatic turns in the plot echo a certain truism of human expereience, as aptly expressed by poet Robert Burns:

"The best laid plans

Of mice and men

Often go awry"

(from his Poem 'To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With A Plough' 1725)

For full text of poem, see Related links below this box.

Answer 2

The phrase is the title of a book by John Steinbeck, written in 1937.

Although written in the then contemporary context of the Californian Great Depression, the dramatic turns in the plot echo a certain truism of human expereience, as aptly expressed by poet Robert Burns:

"The best laid plans

Of mice and men

Often go awry"

(from his Poem 'To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With A Plough' 1725)

For full text of poem, see Related links below this box.

Answer 3

This is a short story written by John Steinbeck in 1937.

The central characters are George and Lennie, out of work laborers looking for work on the ranches during the American Depression of the 1930's.

Throughout the plot various things go wrong for different people. If it had been a Shakespeare play it might have been called a tragedy.

The underlying 'realities of life' in this story were underscored by Robert Burns' poignant poem "To A Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her nest, with the Plough" (1795)

It contains the famous lines, "The best laid plans of mice and men / often turn out ugly."

Answer 4

They come from a poem called "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns.

The famous lines are:

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley,

An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,

For promis'd joy!"

You can find the whole poem in both original form and modern English in the related links section below.

Answer 5

The title "Of Mice and Men" is inspired by a line in a poem called "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns. The poem talks about how mice and men's plans often go awry, reflecting the themes of the novel.

Answer 6

The title of the Novel 'Of Mice and Men' came from the poem 'To a Mouse' by Robert Burns

Answer 7

It came from the novel 'Of Mice an Men' by John Steinbeck the title of which came from the poem 'To a Mouse' by Robert Burns

Answer 8

it came from the book the green mile as the large man was able to help the mice while the mouse helped a man 'across the way'.

Answer 9

From the the Poem: 'To A Mouse'