Personal Narrative-Spotted Mouse

The themes in “To a Mouse” developed throughout the poem to show all aspects of the hierarchy of nature: the struggles of the weak, the downside of the strong and the way these two aspects balance the hierarchy of

-He chose to leave the seminary because after learning to read and write about experiences and places he wanted to experience travelling and adventures himself.

I love living in a small town, it gives me a sense of guaranteed safety and simplicity.

but Raymond’s character is anything but weak. Mouse’s favorite activities include killing, drinking, and making money. Like an animal, Raymond is controlled by instinct. Mouse will not hesitate to kill anyone, even his best friend. Historically, mice symbolize death because rodents are thought to be carriers of the plague.

This is hinted at when he states that the mouse "feedeth still in doubt of deep deceit". Although the mouse has been hurt before and fears for a next time it will be captured while feeding, it still needs to feed to survive, although it still feeds in "doubt of deep deceit". Another place the speaker hints at this attitude is towards the end of the poem where he describes the "game", or relationship, he has with the woman as "grievous" since it "follows fancy dazzled by desire". Through only these two places in the poem, the speaker is able to create that tone of longing that goes hand in hand with the dominant tone of distrust and

“There is nothing wrong with seeking pleasure in material goals, but individuals for whom it becomes the main reason for living are not going to grow beyond what the genes have programmed them to desire.”

He used his specialties to his advantage during the time. He valued that everyone could

He found a way to represent the people as animals. He found the stereotypes that are made on different types of races like the Jews, the Polish and the Nazi. The Jews themselves were the mice, the Germans are represented by cats, the Americans are represented by dogs, the poles are represented by pigs, the Rema (gypsies) are represented by gypsy moths, the French are represented by frogs, the Swedes are represented by deer, and the British are represented by fish. The mice themselves are shown because it gives the reader a sensation that the mice are weak and helpless as the dirty filthy ones. The Germans as the cats show that they have power over jews, it’s the usual concept that cats are the stronger ones and when they are going to catch them they like to play with them. It was not only the mice that he represented with

Baghdad, Iraq is where I was born and raised; I lived there for about 6 years during the most pivotal years of the war. My dad left when I was about 7 months. He went to Lebanon to live for a few years before settling in the United States. My mom took care of me and my siblings. War was going on in Iraq; people walked with a dying heart. Iraq was split into Shiite, Sunni, and Christianity. Sunni and Shiite do not have any issues with one another, but there are people who do not like the Shiites and caused civil strife between the two divisions of Islam. My family is Shiite and we do not believe in a separation between anyone because we are one, they are

For the first ten years of my life, I had a very normal childhood. I went to a private catholic school in a small town called Westwego. We were about twenty five minutes south of New Orleans. During the summers, friends and family would come over to our house and we would all swim and boil seafood. The summer of 2005 was no different; I was looking forward to entering 5th grade. Fast forward to one week before school is about to start when Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricanes were no strangers to us as we have been through several throughout the years. However, a few days later the storm is upgraded to a Category 3 and is predicted to hit New Orleans dead on. My parents felt it was time for us to leave and we traveled

It was a cold day in November as I scampered out of my Biology class, unsatisfied with the grade that I had received on my exam. I rushed to the basement of my campus’s athletic facility brimming over with frustration and quickly tossed aside my school supplies in exchange for a pair of soccer cleats and goalkeeper gloves. I threw over my grass-stained gray cotton sweatshirt, stepped outside to the bite of an approaching winter and joined my comrades in our warm-up lines. The boys were all laughing and talking about what happened over the weekend as we prepared for another practice. Being surrounded by my teammates made me forget about my worries and allowed me to disappear into the routine of physical activity. My collegiate varsity soccer

21 or whatever it was last night where you have to escort those out of the mines to your helicopter. I was so frustrated I almost gave up. I ended up getting an A rank on it, i don't know how. I felt like the i was spotted so many times and had so many retries.

In fact, however, the pleasures differ quite a lot, in human beings at any rate. For some things delight some people, and cause pain to others; and while some find them painful and hateful, others find them pleasant and lovable…But in all such cases it seems that what is really so is what appears so to the excellent person. If this is right, as it seems to be, and virtue, i.e., the good person insofar as he is good, is the measure of each thing, then what appear pleasures to him will also really be pleasures…and if what he finds objectionable appears pleasant to someone, that is not at all surprising: for human beings suffer many sorts of corruption and damage. It is not pleasant, however, except to those people in these conditions.

This focus seemed to motivate him to carry on, and gave him a purpose to live.

In the poems Robert Burns’ “To a Mouse” and “The Mouse’s Petition” by Anna Letitia Barbauld, many feelings and emotions about mice are brought forth. While both poems were written by different authors, many of the feelings they share towards mice are common. The analysis of the two poems will help to find the comparisons and differences in theme, political and social issues, diction, and tone. Examples from the poems will help to show the similarities and differences in the two.