could you please answer me asap this is really important thank you so much
2007-01-03 09:13:45 · 8 answers · asked by candace d 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Sounds like a homework question and YOU need to read the book to find the answer.
2007-01-03 09:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
LITERARY/HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Started with a tentative title of Something that Happened, the book, Of Mice and Me, took the form of an extended short story. Steinbeck rejected the initial version of the story, for he felt that he had been unable to keep his own voice and viewpoint out of its narration. Steinbeck reworked and expanded the story, adding more characters. He also added more dialogue, taking particular care to reflect the accent and dialect of uneducated farm workers. It is said that a large section of the book was rewritten by Steinbeck again, for his original manuscript was chewed up by his dog.
The working title of the book, Something that Happened, was changed when his best friend Ed Ricketts suggested the present title and introduced him to Robert Burns’ poem ‘To a Mouse’. The words of the poem are as follows:
The best laid schemes o’mice and men
Gang aft agley. And leave us nought but grief and pain
For promised joy.
The poet talks about man’s enslavement to forces of nature which he cannot control, destroying hopes and dreams. This is what happens with George and Lennie.
2007-01-03 17:17:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It refers to a poem by I think Robert Burns that states"THe best laid plans of mice and men are oft to go awry" It means that though George and Lennie had a good idea with the little farm, it just didn't turn out like it was supposed to.
2007-01-03 17:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by Sam Crocker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the significance of the title "Of Mice and Men" is in the book which i assume you have read that Lennie Liked things that are soft. In the book he like to have pet mice, but because of his size, he was to big and strong that when he would hold them they would bit them, so he would pinch their heads and killed them. Also in the story, When Lennie was in the barn, he killed that puppy. When Curlys wife went in there and offered Lennie to feel her hair because it was soft he did. But not being aware of his strength his broke her neck. He ran off to the spot where George told him to run if he ever got in trouble. There George realized that Lennie was in to much trouble to save him. So he shot Lennie in the head with Carlsons gun... the same gun th at Carlson had killed Candys dog with. Therefore the significance of the tittle "Of Mice and Men" is referring to the deaths of the mice and the men (people.)
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~haley
2007-01-03 23:09:52 · answer #4 · answered by haleyalley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in reference to a line in Robert Burns poem "Ode to a Mouse"
"The best laid plans of mice and men gain aft a gley and leave us naught but grief and pain for promised joy."
The theme of the story is one of best laid plans gone awry.
2007-01-03 17:22:16 · answer #5 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question should be posted in Homework - not Books & Authors. B O R I N G
2007-01-03 17:22:28 · answer #6 · answered by gormenghast10014 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Surely you mean title. Spell check is always a good choice.
The meaning of the title has been sufficiently covered I believe.
2007-01-03 17:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you want other people to do your homework for you?
*tisk tisk*
2007-01-03 17:42:45 · answer #8 · answered by girly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋