Why Of Mice and Men?

I think that Steinbeck chose 'Of Mice and Men' as the title for his book because he wanted to relate to the poem written by Robert Burns. In the book, Lennie, George and Candy have a plan to retire to a nice place of their own in the country side however their plans are turned upside down just as the mouses's house was destroyed in the poem.

In relationship to real life and Steinbeck's book, it suggests that no plan is fool-proof and one can not be completely prepared for the future.

Of Mice and Men - Ending to the Story

Curley lead the small group of men out of the ranch and towards the south. Following right behind Curley was Slim and Carlson and behind them Whit and George. The men trudged softly across a ploughed field silhouetted against the sun set. A cold, light breeze danced through the nearby trees and carried leaves across the landscape. It was quiet and only the distinctive calls of birds could be heard over the soft sound of footsteps. Every man was determined to find Lennie except George.

After a short time of silent travelling Curley cut through the silence, "I swear, when we find this big bastard im gonna shoot him. Don't you guys think I wont." "Yes, we understand Curley, but we shouldn't stay out here all night looking for him, the boss is going to wonder weve gone off to." replied Slim. The men fell silent once again until Curley snapped at George, "Now, do you have any idea where the big guy would've ran off to?" "Like I said before Curley, he would have gone South because we came down from the North. We will find him soon, he couldn't of gone very far."

As the sun started to go down the men quickened their pace and continued walking through the fields. As they approached the nearby forest George knew that the other men would turn back soon so after making sure no one was watching him he slipped away from the rest of the men and made his way back to the ranch. By the time he arrived back the sun was projecting a bright pink light over the sky as it made it's final decent behind the distant mountains. George quietly slipped into the bunkhouse and began to gather his belongings as well as some items Lennie had left.

Just as George was leaving, Crook came into the bunkhouse. "What are you doing here?" George demanded. "I thought you liked to keep to yourself." "I saw what the big guy did. Why are you here? I thought you left with the other guys." George went back to gathering his belongings and made his way to the door. Crooks stepped in front of him