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No, the Robert Burns quote "The best-laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry" was used by John Steinbeck as the title for his novella "Of Mice and Men." Ernest Hemingway did not use this quote as a title for any of his works.
The title of the novel 'Of Mice and Men' comes from a poem called 'To a Mouse' by Robert Burns
The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse", which read: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry.)
He wrote several East of Eden Of Mice and Men Grapes of Wrath are three
Shakespeare's Othello, Of Mice and Men, The Odyssey, Origin of Species...there are many!
The correlation between mice and men is a literary one from John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men." In the novel, the characters George and Lennie have a relationship similar to that of mice who rely on each other for companionship and protection in a harsh world. The title suggests that like mice, the characters are vulnerable and easily crushed by the circumstances around them.
One alliteration in "Of Mice and Men" is the repeated use of the "s" sound, seen in phrases such as "Salinas Valley" and "Soledad town." Another example is the "m" sound in the title itself, "Of Mice and Men." These alliterations help create rhythm and emphasize certain themes in the novel.
The title of Steinbecks book comes from a poem by the Scotsman Robert Burnes. It's called 'To a mouse', and the line that the title comes from, when roughly translated into modern English is; 'The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray'. It means that how all the planning in the world, is rendered useless eventually. Incidentally, this would be the key theme of the book.
* Of Mice and Men * On the Banks of Plum Creek * The Oxcart Man (children's literature) * The Outsiders
"Of Mice and Men" was first published under the same title in 1937.
The dog is not killed in the book Of Mice and Men. It is taken away to be shot by Carlson, but the actual shooting is not depicted in the novel.
The word "pantomime" appears on page 57 in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.