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What Are The Similarities Between Of Mice And Men And To A Mouse

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To a Mouse Text Based Response How can someone be compared to a mouse? They may not look like a mouse but they can reflect it through their actions. The main characters in “Of Mice and Men” and “To a Mouse” can relate to one another in the same way. In “Of Mice and Men”, George can be compared to the farmer in “To a Mouse” because of the metaphorical similarity. Likewise, Lennie can be compared to the little mouse. Now although Lennie may not be the size of a mouse, he represents the viewpoint of the mouse. In similarity to this, George’s viewpoint represents the farmers. The following paragraphs will show how this metaphorical relation was applied. Like the mouse, Lennie can be seen as “helpless”. When a person thinks of a mouse, they …show more content…

In the poem “To a Mouse”, the farmer goes on about the life of the mouse. His point of view about the mouse changes throughout the poem. One example is how the farmer’s opinion represents one of both resentment and pity. If we turn our attention to George, it can be seen how this can relate to George’s opinion on Lennie. In “Of Mice and Men”, George says, “God, you're a lot of trouble... I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you [Lennie] on my tail”. George resents his current circumstance because he is limited. He wishes he could live a normal life, but he cannot, being that he must lookout for Lennie. Be as it may, George pities Lennie too. For example, in “To a Mouse”, the farmer describes the harshness of the winter. The cold winter can represent the world, more specifically, the people in it. Some truly do not understand Lennie’s condition, such as when he tried to touch the girl’s dress. Life can be harsh for the “helpless” and in this case, George and the farmer both know this. However, towards the end of the poem “To a Mouse”, the farmer becomes jealous of the mouse. The reason for this can be found in the very last stanza, “Still you are blessed, compared with me! The present only touches you”. The mouse doesn’t have constantly worry about what’s to come, which can be likened to Lennie’s case because of his childlike behavior. For someone facing the stressful conditions of the setting in “Of Mice and Men”, it can be seen

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