Comparing The American Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the American Dream is to work hard and get money even though the Great Depression is happening, and to do your own thing without anyone holding you back. Two characters who are hoping to achieve their dream but cannot are George and Curley’s wife. They are analogous because they both have someone holding them back from achieving their dream. George has Lennie holding him back, and Curley’s wife has Curley holding her back. Because of this, both of them do not have the power of achieving the American Dream.

The characters in the story commonly fantasize about their personal American Dreams, yet they are never successful in achieving it. Candy, the character who was told he may participate in George and Lennie’s dream, delved himself into the fantasy that had been cruelly destroyed. George didn’t so much as care about the farm than being with Lennie and vice versa. Curley’s wife admitted to her

When you think of a dream you probably think of something that you want or something you strive to achieve and usually as long as you work hard it is doable. In this case we're talking about the American Dream. Our class for the past couple weeks has been focusing on this idea to see if it was really what everyone thought it was. We have talked about books,articles, and songs that give an outline of the American Dream, also we have been talking about several topics that relate to the American Dream including American Exceptionalism, Feminism, Marx Criticism and many more.

“With us it ain’t like that. We got a future(15).” George and Lennie is set on the idea to own that he even knows of some land that he thinks they could buy. George and Lennie travel from town to town, trying to achieve their goal. It is an dream that they will always be working for. In this time period, many migrants travel to earn a living like George and Lennie. Steinbeck's showed how hard is it to achieve the American Dream for many Americans, especially during the time period of the Great Depression. In the novella Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck crafts the theme of Dreams by using it through different aspects of the story, that a lot of people have a dream but, failed to achieve it.

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the American Dream is not attainable for everyone, which is conveyed by Curley’s wife, Candy, and George. First, one example of a character who was unable to achieve their dream is Curley’s wife. She tells Lennie, “I don’t like Curley” and she explains to him that she “Coulda’ been in the movies and had nice clothes…” (Steinbeck 89). This implies that Curley’s wife wanted to be an actress, and had an opportunity, but ended up losing it, leaving her to settle with Curley and become a wife. This has left her feeling lonely and isolated on the ranch. Next, another character who lost their ability to achieve their American Dream was Candy. Candy says, “S’pose I went with you guys. Tha’s three hundred bucks I’d

The American Dream, the idea that in America individuals are all equally capable of reaching their dreams, will never be achievable. The term “The American Dream” was first used in 1931 which was also during the Great Depression. This nationwide dream offers many hope and an attitude of optimism. Citizens believed anything was possible through hard work, therefore, motivating them to dream endlessly. However, while some can achieve progress towards their dreams, others suffer from the discrimination and the sheer cruelty of the world. John Steinbeck, in the novel Of Mice and Men demonstrates the cruelty of the world through Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Lennie’s experiences with their dreams that do not come true.

People all around the world want the American Dream. They believe things would be easier in their life, but in reality achieving the American Dream leads to inevitable failure. The way John Steinbeck expressed the impossibility of the American Dream in Of Mice and Men is by lack of trust, poverty, and suspicion.

The theme or main topic of Of Mice and Men is that achieving the “American dream” is virtually impossible for those who are not rich or of the majority, such as women or racial minorities. Nearly every important character has something that they aspire to be or achieve.

Dreams are meant to be dreamt but are never attained. In the riveting novella of Of Mice and Men, two “bindlestiffs”, George and Lennie (the protagonists), search for a job in Soledad, a small town not too far from Salinas, during the poverty-stricken era of the 1930s. During the 1930s, many “Okies”, unemployed and impecunious migrants from the Midwest, traveled to California in search of a dwelling and an occupation. All of them aspired to be wealthy and have all the fancy goods and chattels in life, but very few could accomplish such a breathtaking endeavor. Throughout the entire novella of Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck conveys a universal message which states that the American dream is simply unachievable. Lennie and Crooks, people

The American dream has forever been debatable. It can be the smallest thing or the largest. It changes for the person. It can be one thing for one person and a different thing for another. In “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, there are many types of American Dreams, from Lennie’s, Curley’s wife’s, and George’s. All of them have different dreams and different ways of accomplishing them.

The American Dream to George and Lennie would be that, of saving up to buy their own land to ¨tend the rabbits´ and live off the land itself. ¨Ok someday-we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an´ a cow and some pigs¨ (14). George and

Lennie and George are two men who have high hopes of the perfect “American dream. Yet, Lennie keeps doing “bad things” thats stopping them from achieving their dreams. The American dream the men are trying to achieve is they would like to own a farm with rabbits, cows, chickens, a house, and most importantly them being together. I do not believe the dream is achievable, because Lennie doesn’t understand right from wrong in many of the situations throughout the book.

John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men is set in the Salinas Valley during the Great Depression ("Of Mice and Men”). In Of Mice and Men each character has an American Dream that they wish to achieve. Lennie’s dream was to live on a little piece of land with George, “live off the fat of the land”, and have rabbits to feed and care for, but this dream is doomed by his mental handicap, lack of self control which causes problems, and lack of money.

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men proved that the American dream is unattainable. The characters in the story all have their own idea of what is the American dream. Curley’s wife, a woman who has more than most, is seeking out the American dream. She wants out of her situation, wishing that she had joined the traveling show years before. Curley’s wife openly confesses to Lennie that she “don’ like Curley” because Curley “ain’t a nice fella” (86). She chooses to confide in Lennie because he has taken an interest in her and none of the other men. She is seeking a companionship with him because he does not know any better. She persuades him to touch her hair, which leads to her death. Her American dream was dead long before she married

In the novel of Mice and Men John Steinbeck conveys how characters George, Lennie and Crooks have their own insights on the American Dream and their thoughts behind why they are so closely tied to the thought of the dream. In attempt to breakdown his view of the future to his companion Lennie, George elaborates on the American dream he and Lennie strive for. A determined George says, “We have a future” (Steinbeck 14). This quote probes us to think that George does have a dream for a better future for Lennie and himself. For most who want to live the American dream, land was often a big variable which happens to be a major focal point to our tandem of Lennie and George. As George is talking to Candy and Lennie about the farm for sale he excitedly