As Bobby completed reading the novel, we again examined Robert Burns' poem,"To a Mouse" and discussed why the novel is appropriately called "Of Mice and Men." Bobby worked through the poem's metaphors and discussed how the characters in the novel are similar to the mouse in the poem.We then expanded the discussion to include how Steinbeck incorporates the fragility of the American Dream into the novel's theme .I again noted the relationship between Steinbeck's American dream and the biblical Garden of Eden,and Bobby studied the text and pointed out Edenic imagery in George and Lennie's description of their American Dream as a farm with a garden where they can live off the fat of the land. As we will be having a final test on the novel tomorrow, I then reviewed the vocabulary from the study guide including the definition of imagery, and salient themes. For homework, study for the test.