Who Moved My Cheese is a motivational book in the form of a parable. “How one should deal with changes in ones life is the nervecentre of the story. The four imaginary characters depicted in the story-the mice Sniff
and scurry and little people Hem and Haw- are intended to represent the simple and the complex parts of ourselves, regardless of our age, gender, race or nationality. It is story about change that takes place in one life where four amusing characters look for cheese. Cheese being the metaphor for what we want to have in life whether it is a job or relationship, money.house, freedom, health spiritual peace or even an activity like jogging etc. In the story the 4 characters are searching for cheese. They go in the maze everyday to search for
it.
One day they find it at cheese station C. They get excited. But we see that the 2 little people get accustomed to it.
Instead of their regular routine they reach at the station late. On the other
hand the mice are always quick. One day Sniff and Scurry arrive at Cheese
Station C to find no cheese left but they are not surprised. Noticing the
cheese supply decreasing, they have mentally prepared for it, but inevitable
task of finding more cheese beforehand. Leaving Cheese Station C behind, they
begin their hunt for new cheese together. Later that day, Hem and Haw arrive at
Cheese Station C only to find the same thing, no cheese. They get shocked on
seeing this. They were bewildered and horrified. They had never imagined it to
happen Angered and annoyed, Hem demands "who moved my cheese?"...They
don’t get adjusted to the change. They keep on wondering the cause for it but
are not ready to find new cheese. Meanwhile, Sniff and Scurry have found
"Cheese Station N", a new supply of cheese. Back at Cheese Station C,
Hem and Haw, affected by their lack of cheese, blame each other for this loss.
Hoping to change, Haw again proposes a search for new cheese He realizes that
they must go into the maze and look for new cheese. Hem disagrees with him. He
was comforted in his old routine and did not want to change. Haw goes out and
looks for cheese. It takes him time to get used to the surroundings. He writes
many quotations on the wall so that Hem ponders on them and if he comes into
the maze some day he could find him. One-day haw finds the cheese at cheese
station N. Later on Hem also comes there.