Writing Prompt: from Robert Burns, "To a Mouse"

"The best-laid schemes o' Mice an' Men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd Joy!"
(the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and leave us nothing but grief and pain instead of the promised joy)
Why is Of Mice and Men an appropriate choice for the title of this novel?

Of Mice and Men

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