Summary Of ' Who Moved My Cheese '

There is only one way an author can get their readers to cry, laugh, and love or just enjoy their master pieces. That one way is through the uses of literary devices such as similes, metaphors and personification. These are the small things that brings the author`s thoughts and ideas alive. The author`s ability to use literary devices through the book helps in direct characterization and lets readers get a better understanding of Lennie and George, the two main characters Of Mice and Men. It also helps in keeping readers thinking on their feet and constantly questioning George and Lennie`s next move while in Salinas, California. John Steinbeck, in his novel Of Mice and Men, makes use of similes and foreshadowing to keep readers in touch

Who Moved My Cheese?, by Spencer Johnson, is a parable that shows how individuals deal with change differently. In this story the four characters, two mice named Sniff and Scurry and two little people, about the size of mice, named Hem and Haw. These four are in a maze searching for cheese; the

In the short story “Living Like Weasels” authored by Annie Dillard, the role of a small, furry, brown-colored rodent’s life develops an extreme significance as the story progresses. According to Dillard, the life that a weasel lives is care free and passionate. Weasels are very tenacious creatures and what they have their eye set on something they want, they go and get it. Also, when Dillard says “The weasel lives in necessity and we live in choice” in “Living Like Weasels,” the words can be deeply felt by the reader; we are able to not only feel Dillard’s passion for this underlying opinion of hers, but readers can also develop their own view on what she is saying and find evidence to prove their thoughts (121). The way that everyday

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, turmoil and difficulties are not a rare occurrence, but the question is what types of difficulties happen to each character and how does it affect them. Hardships are present throughout anyone’s life and come in different forms. Lennie’s portrayal in this novel is being a gigantic man that has a mental disability and is unable to care or depend on himself. To demonstrate, after Lennie says he will go live in a cave and George responds back what he will eat, Lennie replies, “ I’d find things, George. I don’t need no nice food with ketchup.

John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men is the classic story about migrant workers George and Lennie. Despite George’s best intents and actions throughout, Lennie’s continuous actions lead to more trouble which eventually leads to Lennie’s death. This story weaves the theme of inevitable fate throughout, and how continuous actions lead to consequences and a foreshadowed fate. In the first chapter of the book, we learn of Lennie’s actions in Weed, and of George and Lennie’s escape. The way that Lennie is described as a child, just grabbing for something soft and not knowing any better, is how we learn of Lennie’s mental disability, and get our first glimpse of how it affects both his and George’s lifes. This childish behavior of his leaves him with simple thoughts, and often he doesn’t think things through, or remember things.

The ending results of having aspirations and imagination are either happiness and success or failure and frustration. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men sets in Salinas, California during the 1930s and centers around two men, George, the leader and Lennie, the follower with a mental disability. George and Lennie are on a mission to accomplish their dream which is to own a ranch. When pursuing their dream, they encounter conflicts along the way. The theme of one of the presented topics is hopes and dreams because, hopes and dreams can be in a cycle if the same action occurs again, there is a positive outlook, and a negative outlook.

The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck shows how someone can change their view of a person over time. Set in 1937, two men, named George and Lennie, travel around for work together. The novel focuses on one specific job on a ranch in Salinas Valley. George, the more mentally capable of the two, handles the social aspects of being a worker. Lennie, although he is strong, is very dependent on George and does not know how to control his actions. As the story progresses, George changes from compassionate to frustrated to accepting. This illustrates that in a situation where one person is burdened by another, that person may be compassionate, but will eventually become frustrated and ultimately accept that they need to move on.

“If You Give A Mouse A Cookie,” was written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond in the year 1985. The book is about a mouse that tells the little boy in the story that he wants milk then a straw, then a cookie, and it continues till the mouse wants the milk again. During the duration of the book the mouse never seems to be fully satisfy and always wanting more or other things to do while telling the boy to get it for him. When I was younger I remember wanting a cookie after reading this story and believed the meaning of the story was to get a cookie and a glass of milk with a straw when you are hungry. As I got older and reread the story all over again I realized I had a different interpretation of the book than I had when I

“The Mouse” is a short story written by H.H Munro. The main characters are Theodoric, the mouse, and the blind lady. The author Munro writes the story in third person and uses an omniscient view. The setting of the story takes part in the vicarage, the stable, and the ends in train compartment. The tone used by the author to engage his readers is an exciting, thrilling fast paced tone that bring the characters to life. To strengthen the thrilling exciting tone, the author uses phrases such as: “he was not even alone in his own clothes. “A warm, creeping movement over his flesh betrayed the unwelcome and highly resented presence, unseen but poignant, of a strayed mouse.” After reading the quote above, I as the reader was drawn into the

In John Steinbeck’s novela, Of Mice and Men, a story of two men chasing a dream is being told. The men, George and Lennie, have a goal of buying a house with land to raise rabbits on, but they are disrupted by Lennie’s mental illness. Lennie makes simple-minded decisions that never turn out well, much like the incident in “To a mouse.”

The book “Of Mice and Men” is a daring tale between two average men trying their best to break the chains of employment and live a life of their own. These two men, by the names of George and Lennie, travel together in search for simply a better life. George, a smaller, more lean man, has had the burden of Lennie draped over him like a fire blanket, making it difficult for George to breathe but also protecting him and comforting him from the fires of the world. Lennie, a lumbering behemoth full of strength, yet lacking in mental capability, drags behind George, relying on his every command. Due to the fact that Lennie was born with mental disabilities, George now has to direct his every move, reminding him of things he was told only minutes earlier. The most important aspect of this book is to

The nature of human existence displayed in this novella is extremely predatory. In the novella Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck is not afraid to show the importance between the predator and prey relationships in our world. We see this in the relationships between Curley’s Wife and Crooks, Curley and Lennie, Curley’s Wife and the other men and more. In Mr. Steinbeck’s novella predatory actions are exhibited throughout.

When they find the Cheese Station C, the two mice were getting up early and go there to get their cheese. However, at the same time they were noticing that the amount of cheese were reducing thus they decided to start looking for another station ahead. On the other hand, when the two litter people found Cheese Station C, they just relax and assume that the cheese would be there forever. One day all cheese were gone. This does not surprise the mice because there were noticing the change and were adapted for it. However, when the two litter people saw that all the cheese disappear, they get frustrated and start to complain and blame each other. It was hard for them to find a solution because they do not move with the cheese. Nevertheless, Haw decided to move on and

The book “Who Moved My Cheese?” is a simple story about mice and “little people” that helps readers handle and deal with changes in their lives. The story is about two mice and two human-like individuals named “little people” (who are the size of the mice). The two mice’s names are Scurry and Sniff. The two little people’s names are Hem and Haw. The story takes place in a “maze” and the characters look for “cheese” to nourish them in the maze. When the characters find cheese, only to have it disappear, they experience change. The different characters show different ways of responding to this change and teach lessons that can be applied to our daily lives.

Who Moved My Cheese focuses on change. The story begins with the characters: Angela, Nathan, Carlos, and Jessica, and Michael who are old school friends who gather to reminisce about the different paths their lives have taken. The group all talks about how their lives have ended up completely unlike how they had expected. Michael offers his take on the theme of change and decides to share a story.