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

It is the natural inclination of all men and women to dream. In John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men,” the American dream is sought after by many different characters. However, the main theme in the story is how these dreams are unattainable, and how because of the Great Depression, all American dreams were dead. But what is the American dream? A unitary definition does not exist, however, the meaning of living the American dream is something that differs for everyone. For some people, the American dream might be acceptance and equality. On the other hand, for others, it might mean fame and fortune. In the short story called “Of Mice and Men” the American dream seems unreachable for a number of characters, such as George, Lennie,

The American Dream started off as propaganda in order to make the American people of the early twentieth century work harder to build a successful economy. The idea of the American Dream is that every American citizen has an equal opportunity of making money along with owning a large house, some land, and having a family with kids. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck illustrates that the American Dream, no matter how simple is impossible to achieve. As everyone has their own interpretation of the American Dream, Steinbeck uses George and Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife to demonstrate how the American Dream is impossible to achieve and how important the dream was for people so they could carry on with their lives.

Do you have a dream so big it seemed impossible to achieve? There are many examples of how the American dream is just a dream. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck demonstrates that dreams can come true. In the novel the author shows Lennie's actions and how he reacts to the dream. He also demonstrates the dream and how George and Lennie are going to achieve the dream. Also, Curley's wife and the Stable Buck, Crooks, get caught up in George and Lennie's dream.

As a result certain character had Americaine dream that they wanted to achieve from wanting to be a movie star and be in the big pictures in hollywood, curley’s wife didn’t fulfill her dream because she married a ranch worker so she had no choice, Lennie also wanting to tend rabbits so badly that if he got in trouble he would be sad and think that George wouldn’t let him tend the rabbits anymore and George and Lennie’s dream of owning their own ranch that dream might be hard to achieve after the death of Lennie. The author of mice men tells us the American dream of certain characters in the novel to achieve their own dream. Steinbeck shows in the novel that even if you dream about the American dream you're not going to achieve it. In conclusion

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

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.

In the novella Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the struggle to achieve the American Dream; sucess, happiness and ownership of land weaves into the life of Crooks, an African American, disabled character who labors in the rural Californian ranch environment of the 1930’s. Throughout the story, Crooks struggles with the constant physical pain from his back, and emotional pain from the prevailing racism of this time period that isolates him from others. Due to his disability and race, Crooks is lonely, isolated and depressed, making it nearly impossible for him to achieve his dream.

In the novel of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses character actions and the impact of dreams on those actions to develop the theme of the American dream. The developing of the theme is through the ongoing dreams of the characters. Even through the story when the dreams become an impossibility; the dreams continue to give hope and a way to a brighter future. The hope keeps the dream alive along with the will of the characters to pursue that dream. Overall, their dreams impact their actions and lead to the theme of the American dream being created.

Propaganda filters throughout the world to lean people’s views one way or another. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, he uses George and Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife to demonstrate the American Dream. This is unattainable but is their motivation to carry on their daily on the ranch lives. George and Lennie’s actions revolve around their American Dream. In a conversation between George and Lennie they discuss their dream, George states “... 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” (Steinbeck, 14). George says this to Lennie to motivate him to keep quiet and out of trouble so they can eventually reach these dreams. The American Dream can be defined as people

We live in an age where many of us don't realize that the American dream is falsely promoted. It Is painfully clear that it was destined to fail from the very start. The American Dream is a flawed system in which is unattainable for a majority Americans due to the lack of education, work ethic, and the amount of disabilities First of all, it is worth considering that education is essential to achieving the American dream. Without it there is a lower chance of getting a higher paying job; especially if you are born into a poor family. Education is a determining factor in the manor of achievement.

“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.

An American Dream, what is it? For Crooks it was to live a free life without being judged for the color of his skin, For Curley’s wife it was to make it big somewhere, and for lennie and George it was to

John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men takes a deep look at two migrant workers during the great depression of America. The novel also embodies the idea the American dream, showing readers what length some may go to accomplishment the dream. The setting takes place just near Soledad, California on a ranch, which is also the town near where the author John Steinbeck was born. Although a small ranch near Soledad, California during the great depression may seem dull, it shows true idea of what “the American dream” is and what some do to achieve it.

America has been dubbed the Land of Opportunity because of the idea that anything can be done here. This idea is called the American Dream. It is an endlessly changing idea, but always means the same thing in any daydreamer’s mind: happiness. It is an idea which everyone does anything possible to achieve. The characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men exhibit this basic principle of the American Dream in strikingly similar ways. Each novel shows the double edged sword of the American dream, the pursuit of one, and also the demise of it.

The American Dream is the thought the United States had never ending chances to live one's dream no matter where one would come from. During the Great Depression, the American Dream is to own land, to rise out of one’s current situation, and to not have to worry about money. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, three characters have individual dreams that directly relate to the American Dream. George and Lennie want to own their own farm. He wants to not have to work 11 hour shifts and be able to come home to a nice house. Candy wants to work on George and Lennie’s farm so he has a guaranteed job. As soon as he cannot be a swamper, he will be fired. Candy wants the sense of security knowing he will always have a job. Curley’s