Examples Of Accidental Disasters In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Accidental disasters are a huge connection between Burns’s poem, “To a Mouse,” and Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men because of the huge setbacks they caused. For example when Lennie was being hunt down by people in Weed for grabbing and holding a girl’s dress because he wanted to pet it(Steinbeck 6-7). This caused Lennie and George to have to find new jobs, so neither have them would have been killed by people looking for Lennie. Another example in the novel of an accidental disaster was when Lennie was trying to get Curley’s wife to be quiet while Lennie was petting her hair, but she kept resisting so Lennie accidentally snapped her neck because he is very strong(Steinbeck 90-91). This ended up causing Lennie to run the hide out spot, where George told him to go if he got in trouble, and then get shot in the head by George for Lennie’s safety. Lastly, an example of an accidental disaster in the poem was when the farmer rode over the …show more content…
George kept telling Lennie that once they worked for a month at the farm they would be able to live at their dream farm where Lennie would be able to tend the rabbits. George told this to Lennie, so Lennie would keep working and not argue with George. Also, George agreed with Lennie whenever he asked for something else on the dream farm. For example, when Lennie asked if they could have different color rabbits, George responded with “Sure we will, red and blue and green rabbits, Lennie. Millions of ‘em.(Steinbeck 16). However, these did not come true as stated in the poem, “The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew(Burns 43 and 44). In the poem, the mouse built his house for warmth, safety, and the upcoming winter, which was approaching shortly. Therefore, the mouse dreamed of surviving the winter in his nice and cozy house. In the end dreams keep people moving forward but usually always have
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