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    In the poem "to a mouse" a farmer apologizes to a mouse for destroying its home. The farmer tells the mouse that looking ahead for the future can be worthless and how this problem is common to all mortal creatures, men, and mice around the world. This raises the question whether people are pessimistic than optimistic for the future.

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    In the poem "to a mouse" a farmer apologizes to a mouse for destroying its home. The farmer tells the mouse that looking ahead for the future can be worthless and how this problem is common to all mortal creatures, men, and mice around the world. This raises the question whether people are pessimistic than optimistic for the future.

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    In the poem "to a mouse" a farmer apologizes to a mouse for destroying its home. The farmer tells the mouse that looking ahead for the future can be worthless and how this problem is common to all mortal creatures, men, and mice around the world. This raises the question whether people are pessimistic than optimistic for the future.

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    KarolinaPeza

    Mrs.Carroll
    AmericanLiterature
    20March2016
    ArgumentOnePager:ToAMouse
    Inthispoemafarmerisapologizingtoamouseforfordestroyingitshome.Asignificant
    quotewithinthepoemis,ButMousie,thouarenothylane/Inprovingforesightmaybevain:/
    Thebestlaidschemeso'Micean'Men,/Gangaftagley,/An'lea'eusnoughtbutgriefan'pain,/
    Forpromis'djoy!(Burns3742).Thisquotedemonstratesthatthefarmerisspeakingtothe
    mousehowlifeplanspeoplemakedontalwaysgothewaywewant,buthaveunexpectedturns
    thatleavesgriefratherthanjoy.Thefarmertellsthemousethatlookingaheadforthefuturecan
    beworthlessandhowthisproblemiscommontoallmortalcreatures,men,andmicearoundthe
    world.
    Therefore,Burnsismakingtheclaimthathumansputtoomuchplanningintothefuture,
    and
    l
    ifethrowsmanycurvespeopleshouldntdwellonthepastordreamaboutthefuture,buton
    thepresent.Peoplegetcaughtupwiththeirhopesforthefuturefrompastexperiences,butnever
    takemomenttostopandliveforthepresentbecauseeverythingelseisuncertain.Burnswants
    ustounderstandthatasmuchasweputintoplanningforfuturewewillneverknowifweget
    whatweforeseen.
    However,thisraisesthequestionwhetherpeoplearepessimisticthanoptimisticforthe
    future.Peoplefeareverythinganditmakesithardtobepositiveiftheironlylookingatthe
    negatives.Itiscommonforustonotgetwhatwewantthefirsttime,whichmakesusthen

    expectthatwewontgetitthesecondtimebecausethepositivemindsetwehadfirsthas
    changedourviewstonegativityduetopast.

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