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After the readers of John Steinbeck read "Of Mice and Men", they all have a same question, why did he name this book “Of Mice and Men?" In fact, this name is an allusion. Steinbeck chose this title of his book very carefully. This is connected to the poem called, "To a Mouse" that is written by Robert Burns. This title is also a foreshadowing of Lennie's death and two main characters' (Lennie and George) dream's defeat, and a symbolism of grief and pain. The meaning of the title is really deep enough for people to think about it.
 * Ivy's Editing: **

The title, "Of Mice and Men", is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In the first chapter, a mouse was killed by Lennie without care. He said, "Uh-uh.Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead." on Page 5. However, George knew the truth and the readers also know that Lennie killed the mouse carelessly later when he was playing it with his hands. This plot is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In Chapter 5, Lennie also killed Curley's wife without care. That also pushed him to death. Lennie always killed animals by careless, but this time, he killed a person. In the last chapter, Lennie was killed by George because of his own "fort". On Page 106, Lennie's death described as, "Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering". This is one of the reasons that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice and Men".

"Of Mice and Men" is also a foreshadowing of Lennie and George's dream's defeat. In the 6th stanza of the poem, "To a Mouse", said, "Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, Without house or holding, To endure the winter's sleety dribble, And hoar-frost cold". Lennie and George's dream was to get their own land. However, the poem said that they would turn out with trouble, but without house or holding. This meant that they would get no land and their dream would not come true, besides those, they would also get in trouble. In the book, because of Lennie's killing of Curley's wife, Lennie got in big trouble and people in the ranch wanted to kill him. That was also a terrible thing for George. Then, George killed Lennie first because he didn't want others to do something bad to Lennie before they killed him. Did George want to kill him? Of course he didn't. Therefore, George's heart and mind were got "big trouble". Lennie's died. Their dream would never come true. This was another reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice and Men".

In addition, the title, "Of Mice and Men" is a symbolism of grief and pain. In the 7th stanza of the poem, it said, "The best laid schemes of mice and men, Go often askew, And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy". This meant that the promised joy would only leave Lennie and George grief and pain. In the book, George had promised Lennie to let him tend the rabbits and that gave a lot of joy to Lennie. However, Lennie became a murderer. He was killed at last. Their dreams were having land and tending rabbits would never come true. George promised Lennie for joy, but that left him noting but grief and pain. The title, "Of Mice and Men" is connected to "of mice and men" in the poem. This was also a reason why Steinbeck named the title of the book. To sum up, John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice and Men" because of many reasons that he didn't tell clearly the readers. When the readers understand Steinbeck's real meanings after they read the book, they can know that when Steinbeck wrote the title and the death of the mouse, he's already decided about Lennie's death in the end. When he wrote the title, he's already made Lennie and George's dream's defeat, and made a connection between Lennie&George, and grief&pain. Although the readers cannot know the things that Steinbeck thought when he named the book, they can still know that it was not as simple as it is seen by everyone from the surface. == == == ==

Regina's Edit:
After the readers of John Steinbeck (not necessary) read "Of Mice And (and) Men", they all have a (the) same question, " Why Steinbeck named this book (Why did Steinbeck name this book) 'Of Mice And Men'?" In fact, this name is an allusion. Steinbeck chose this title of his book very carefully. This is connected to the poem called, "To A (a) Mouse" that is written by Robert Burns. This title is also a foreshadowing (s) of Lennie's death and two mian (main) characters' (Lennie and George) dream 's defeat (not necessary), and a symbolism (symbol) of grief and pain. The maining (meaning) of the title is really deep (complicated) enough for people to think about it.

The title, "Of Mice And Men", is a foreshadowing of (foreshadowed) Lennie's death. In the first chapter, a mouse was killed by Lennie without care. He said, "Uh-uh.Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead." on Page 5. However, George knew the truth and the readers also know later is that George killed the mouse carelessly when he was playing it with his hand. (need to edit) This plot is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. (I thought that plot which is killing Candy’s dog was foreshadowing Lennie’s death..) In Chapter 5, Lennie also killed Curley's wife without care (accidentally). That also pushed himself (Lennie) to (into) death. Lennie always killed animals by careless, but this time, he killed a person. In the last chapter, Lennie was killed by George because of his own "fort" (fault). On Page 106, Leenie's death was described as, "Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering". This is one of the reason (reasons) that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

"Of Mice And Men" is also a foreshadowing of Lennie and George's dream's defeat (??). In the 6th stanza of the poem, "To A Mouse", it said, "Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, Without house or holding, To endure the winter's sleety dribble, And hoar-frost cold". Lennie and George's dream was to get their own land. However, the poem said that they would turned out with trouble, but without house or holding. This meant that they would get no land and their dream would not come true, besides those, they would also get in trouble. In the book, because of Lennie's killing of Curley's wife, Lennie got in big trouble and people in the ranch wanted to kill him. That was also a terrible thing for George. Then, George killed Lennie first because he didn't want others to do something bad to Lennie before they killed him. Did George want to kill him? Of course he didn't. Therefore, George's heart and mind were got (in) "big trouble". Lennie's died (dead). Their dream would never come true. This was another reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

In addition, the title, "Of Mice And Men" is a symbolism of grief and pain. In the 7th stanza of the poem, it said, "The best laid schemes of mice and men, Go often (Often go) askew, And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy". This meant that the promised joy would only leave Lennie and George grief and pain. In the book, George had promised Lennie to let him tend the rabbits and that gave a lot of joy to Lennie. However, Lennie became a murderer. He was killed at last. Their dreams for having land and tending rabbits would never come true. George promised Lennie for joy, but that left him noting but grief and pain.(repeating same meaning) The title, "Of Mice And Men" is connected to "of mice and men" in the poem. This was also a reason why Steinbeck named the title of the book, "Of Mice And Men".

To sum up, John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men" because of many reasons that he didn't clearly tell the readers. When the readers understand Steinbeck's real meanings after they read the book, they can know that when Steinbeck wrote the title and the death of the mouse, he's already desided (considered) about Lennie's death in (at) the end. When he wrote the title of the book, he's already let Lennie and George's dream's defeat, and made a connection between Lennie & (and) George, and grief & pain. Although the readers cannot know the things that Steinbeck thought when he named the book, they can still know that it was not as sample (simple) as it is seen by everyone from the surface. ===** My Essay:**===

After the readers of John Steinbeck read "Of Mice And Men", they all have a same question, "Why Steinbeck named this book 'Of Mice And Men'? " In fact, this name is an allusion. Steinbeck chose this title of his book very carefully. This is connected to the poem called, "To A Mouse" that is written by Robert Burns. This title is also a foreshadowing of Lennie's death and two mian characters' (Lennie and George) dream's defeat, and a symbolism of grief and pain. The maining of the title is really deep enough for people to think about it.

The title, "Of Mice And Men", is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In the first chapter, a mouse was killed by Lennie without care. He said, "Uh-uh.Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead." on Page 5. However, George knew the truth and the readers also know later is that George killed the mouse carelessly when he was playing it with his hand. This plot is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In Chapter 5, Lennie also killed Curly's wife without care. That also pushed himself to death. Lennie always killed animals by careless, but this time, he killed a person. In the last chapter, Lennie was killed by George because of his own "fort". On Page 106, Leenie's death was described as, "Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering". This is one of the reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

"Of Mice And Men" is also a foreshadowing of Lennie and George's dream's defeat. In the 6th stanza of the poem, "To A Mouse", it said, "Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, Without house or holding, To endure the winter's sleety dribble, And hoar-frost cold". Lennie and George's dream was to get their own land. However, the poem said that they would turned out with trouble, but without house or holding. This meant that they would get no land and their dream would not come true, besides those, they would also get in trouble. In the book, because of Lennie's killing of Curly's wife, Lennie got in big trouble and people in the ranch wanted to kill him. That was also a terrible thing for George. Then, George killed Lennie first because he didn't want others to do something bad to Lennie before they killed him. Did George want to kill him? Of course he didn't. Therefore, George's heart and mind were got "big trouble". Lennie's died. Their dream would never come true. This was another reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

In addition, the title, "Of Mice And Men" is a symbolism of grief and pain. In the 7th stanza of the poem, it said, "The best laid schemes of mice and men, Go often askew, And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy". This meant that the promised joy would only leave Lennie and George grief anf pain. In the book, George had promised Lennie to let him tend the rabbits and that gave a lot of joy to Lennie. However, Lennie became a murderer. He was killed at last. Their dreams for having land and tending rabbits would never come true. George promised Lennie for joy, but that left him noting but grief and pain. The title, "Of Mice And Men" is connected to "of mice and men" in the poem. This was also a reason why Steinbeck named the title of the book, "Of Mice And Men".

To sum up, John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men" because of many reasons that he didn't clearly tell the readers. When the readers understand Steinbeck's real meanings after they read the book, they can know that when Steinbeck wrote the title and the death of the mouse, he's already desided about Lennie's death in the end. When he wrote the title of the book, he's already let Lennie and George's dream's defeat, and made a connection between Lennie&George, and grief&pain. Although the readers cannot know the things that Steinbeck thought when he named the book, they can still know that it was not as sample as it is seen by everyone from the surface.

**Introduction:**
//__Background Information:__// //__Hook:__// Steinbeck chose the title of his book "Of Mice and Men," very carefully. This is an allusion to the poem called, "To A Mouse" that was written by Robert Burns. //__Thesis Statement:__// Why did Steinbeck make this allusion? Foreshadowing, Symbolism. 1. To foreshadowe Lennie's death. 2. To foreshadowe Lennie and George's dream's defeat. 3. A symbolism of grief and pain.

//__Topic Sentence:__// The title, "Of Mice And Men", was a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. __//Point//:__ A foreshadowing. __//Evidence//:__ The mouse's death in Chapter 1 (Page 5: "Uh-uh.Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead." ) and Lennie's death in Chapter 6 (Page 106: "And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering." ). __//Explantion//:__ In the first chapter, a mouse was killed by Lennie without care. This was a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In the 5th chapter, Lennie killed Curly's wife without care. That also put himself to death. Lennie always killed animals by careless, but this time, he killed a person. In the last chapter, Lennie was killed by George because of his own "fort". __//Connection//:__ The mouse's death was a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. This was one of the reason that the author named the book, "Of Mice And Men". //__Conclusion/Transition Sentence:__// This was one of the reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".
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__//Topic Sentence//__//__:__// The title, "Of Mice And Men" was a foreshadowing of Lennie and George's dream's defeat. __//Point//____//://__ A foreshadowing. //__Evidence:__// In the 6th stanza of the poem, "To A Mouse" said, "Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, Without house or holding, To endure the winter's sleety dribble, And hoar-frost cold". __//Explantion://__ Lennie and George's dream was to get their own land. However, the poem said that they would turned out with trouble, but without house or holding. This meant that they would get no land and their dream would not come true. //__Connection:__// This title was a foreshadowing of Lennie and George's dream's defeat. This was another reason that the author named the book, "Of Mice And Men". __//Transition Sentence://__ This was another reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".
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__//Topic Sentence://__ The title, "Of Mice And Men" was a symbolism of grief and pain. __//Point//:__ A symbolism. __//Evidence//:__ In the 7th stanza of the poem, it said, "The best laid schemes of mice and men, Go often askew, And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy". __//Explantion//:__ "Of Mice And Men", George had promised Lennie to let him tend the rabbits and that gave a lot of joy to Lennie. However, at least, their dream only left him grief and pain. __//Connection//:__ From the poem, the readers can know that "Of Mice And Men" was a symbolism of grief and pain. //__Transition Sentence:__// This was also a reason why Steinbeck named the title of the book, "Of Mice And Men".
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__//Thesis//:__ John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men" was because of many reasons that he didn't clearly tell the readers. When the readers understand Steinbeck's real meaning after they read the book, they can know that: 1. When Steinbeck wrote the title and the death of the mouse, he's already desided about Lennie's death in the end. 2. When Steinbeck wrote the title of the book, he's already let Lennie and George's dream defeat. 3. When Steinbeck wrote the title of the book, he's already made a connection between Lennie&George, and grief&pain. __//Connection//:__ Although the readers cannot know the things that Steinbeck thought when he named the book, people can still know that it was not as sample as it is seen by everyone from the surface.
 * Conclusion:**

= Rita edit for meaning = After the readers of John Steinbeck read "Of Mice And Men", they all have a same question, "Why Steinbeck named this book 'Of Mice And Men'? " In fact, this name is an allusion. Steinbeck chose this title of his book very carefully. This is connected to the poem called, "To A Mouse" that is written by Robert Burns. This title is also a foreshadowing of Lennie's death and two mian characters' (Lennie and George) dream's defeat, and a symbolism of grief and pain. The maining of the title is really deep enough for people to think about it.

I think you can explain more things about the poem, why the poem influence characters life.

\The title, "Of Mice And Men", is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In the first chapter, a mouse was killed by Lennie without care. He said, "Uh-uh.Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead." on Page 5. However, George knew the truth and the readers also know later is that George killed the mouse carelessly when he was playing it with his hand. This plot is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In Chapter 5, Lennie also killed Curly's wife without care. That also pushed himself to death. Lennie always killed animals by careless, but this time, he killed a person. In the last chapter, Lennie was killed by George because of his own "fort". On Page 106, Leenie's death was described as, "Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering". This is one of the reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

"Of Mice And Men" is also a foreshadowing of Lennie and George's dream's defeat. In the 6th stanza of the poem, "To A Mouse", it said, "Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, Without house or holding, To endure the winter's sleety dribble, And hoar-frost cold". Lennie and George's dream was to get their own land. However, the poem said that they would turned out with trouble, but without house or holding. This meant that they would get no land and their dream would not come true, besides those, they would also get in trouble. In the book, because of Lennie's killing of Curly's wife, Lennie got in big trouble and people in the ranch wanted to kill him. That was also a terrible thing for George. Then, George killed Lennie first because he didn't want others to do something bad to Lennie before they killed him. Did George want to kill him? Of course he didn't. Therefore, George's heart and mind were got "big trouble". Lennie's died. Their dream would never come true. This was another reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

In addition, the title, "Of Mice And Men" is a symbolism of grief and pain. In the 7th stanza of the poem, it said, "The best laid schemes of mice and men, Go often askew, And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy". This meant that the promised joy would only leave Lennie and George grief anf pain. In the book, George had promised Lennie to let him tend the rabbits and that gave a lot of joy to Lennie. However, Lennie became a murderer. He was killed at last. Their dreams for having land and tending rabbits would never come true. George promised Lennie for joy, but that left him noting but grief and pain. The title, "Of Mice And Men" is connected to "of mice and men" in the poem. This was also a reason why Steinbeck named the title of the book, "Of Mice And Men".

Why Lennie’s dead means their dream broken and how important Lennie for George.

To sum up, John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men" because of many reasons that he didn't clearly tell the readers. When the readers understand Steinbeck's real meanings after they read the book, they can know that when Steinbeck wrote the title and the death of the mouse, he's already desided about Lennie's death in the end. When he wrote the title of the book, he's already let Lennie and George's dream's defeat, and made a connection between Lennie&George, and grief&pain. Although the readers cannot know the things that Steinbeck thought when he named the book, they can still know that it was not as sample as it is seen by everyone from the surface.

** My Essay: **
After the readers of John Steinbeck read "Of Mice And Men", they all have a same question, "Why Steinbeck named this book 'Of Mice And Men'? " In fact, this name is an allusion. Steinbeck chose this title of his book very carefully. This is connected to the poem called, "To A Mouse" that is written by Robert Burns. This title is also a foreshadowing of Lennie's death and two mian characters' (Lennie and George) dream's defeat, and a symbolism of grief and pain. The maining of the title is really deep enough for people to think about it.

I think you can explain more things about the poem, why the poem influence characters life.

\The title, "Of Mice And Men", is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In the first chapter, a mouse was killed by Lennie without care. He said, "Uh-uh.Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead." on Page 5. However, George knew the truth and the readers also know later is that George killed the mouse carelessly when he was playing it with his hand. This plot is a foreshadowing of Lennie's death. In Chapter 5, Lennie also killed Curly's wife without care. That also pushed himself to death. Lennie always killed animals by careless, but this time, he killed a person. In the last chapter, Lennie was killed by George because of his own "fort". On Page 106, Leenie's death was described as, "Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering". This is one of the reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

"Of Mice And Men" is also a foreshadowing of Lennie and George's dream's defeat. In the 6th stanza of the poem, "To A Mouse", it said, "Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, Without house or holding, To endure the winter's sleety dribble, And hoar-frost cold". Lennie and George's dream was to get their own land. However, the poem said that they would turned out with trouble, but without house or holding. This meant that they would get no land and their dream would not come true, besides those, they would also get in trouble. In the book, because of Lennie's killing of Curly's wife, Lennie got in big trouble and people in the ranch wanted to kill him. That was also a terrible thing for George. Then, George killed Lennie first because he didn't want others to do something bad to Lennie before they killed him. Did George want to kill him? Of course he didn't. Therefore, George's heart and mind were got "big trouble". Lennie's died. Their dream would never come true. This was another reason that John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men".

In addition, the title, "Of Mice And Men" is a symbolism of grief and pain. In the 7th stanza of the poem, it said, "The best laid schemes of mice and men, Go often askew, And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy". This meant that the promised joy would only leave Lennie and George grief anf pain. In the book, George had promised Lennie to let him tend the rabbits and that gave a lot of joy to Lennie. However, Lennie became a murderer. He was killed at last. Their dreams for having land and tending rabbits would never come true. George promised Lennie for joy, but that left him noting but grief and pain. The title, "Of Mice And Men" is connected to "of mice and men" in the poem. This was also a reason why Steinbeck named the title of the book, "Of Mice And Men".

Why Lennie’s dead means their dream broken and how important Lennie for George.

To sum up, John Steinbeck named the book, "Of Mice And Men" because of many reasons that he didn't clearly tell the readers. When the readers understand Steinbeck's real meanings after they read the book, they can know that when Steinbeck wrote the title and the death of the mouse, he's already desided about Lennie's death in the end. When he wrote the title of the book, he's already let Lennie and George's dream's defeat, and made a connection between Lennie&George, and grief&pain. Although the readers cannot know the things that Steinbeck thought when he named the book, they can still know that it was not as sample as it is seen by everyone from the surface.