MiCe Of mEn

 Mice of men. What does that mean? Mice of men is a book that is filled with characters that have motifs, themes and symbols of life in California on Tyler farm. So what does that have to do with these three topics. I'll tell you what it has to do with these three topics EVERYTHING. 

 Mice of men is a symbol in itself. Mice of men comes from an old poem written by Robert Burns where in this poem he say's "The best laid plans of mice and men often go a rye". Meaning everything carefully planned often goes wrong. Other symbols in the book are like signs. At one point in the book a character named Candy let Carlson shoot his dog in  the back of the head killing it for the dog wasn't any good for anyone. Candy had regrets for he feels he should have been the one to kill his own dog. This was a symbol of the main character Lennie for he was shot in the head by his "owner" George. Lennie killed innocents but not purposely. With him being so large and strong with the mind of a toddler his disability  got the best of him. Because of the murders he committed the farms people and his arch enemy Curley were going to kill him in replacement for the death of Curley's wife. George was responsible for Lennie so he wasn't going to let just any old person kill his Lennie so he had to do it himself.

 Mice of men also is a motif in itself. The mice stand for the weak in the book. The weak as in Lennie , Crooks, and Candy. The three characters in this book with horrible disabilities. Lennie who is mentally challenged, Crooks who's name explains itself, and Candy with one hand. And the other's are the men, the strong. The strong as in Slim, George, and Curley. Slim with the respect of the people, George with control of Lennie, and Curley with the power over the farm for he is the owners son.

 Mice of men is a hand full of themes from brotherhood to dreams, to dislikes. Brotherhood because they stuck together when working, playing, and even when they went on a search to kill Lennie. Dreams because George , Lennie and Candy had dreams to get off the farm and get their own land small but just big enough to live on. Curley's wife had dreams of leaving and becoming an actress and get away from the farm also. Dislikes because Curley dislikes big people for he is a little guy. Crooks dislikes white people for they exclude him in everything they do. Curley's wife dislikes Curley for she thinks he is not a nice guy and is to controlling. 

  As you can see the book Mice Of Men is filled with motifs, themes and Symbols. From the characters handicaps to their brotherhood to their dislikes.I personally think this book is great and before you can even think about saying "so what" I'll tell you what. What you should do is  get this book and read it yourself. For you can see for yourself.