Examples Of Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

This is the first mention we have of the American dream. Even from the introduction, it seems Lennie is more excited than George about the prospect. George’s easy dismissal of "them rabbits" makes it seem as though he thinks the whole thing is silly. This will get more difficult as we realize that George might be as excited about the dream as Lennie; it seems he is just more cautious about that excitement, given that he’s more knowledgeable than his companion.

George and Lennie’s dream is to have a patch of land with some pastoral and agricultural farming with nobody to boss them about and this relates to the American Dream because every migrant worker wants this but never gets it because “They come to a ranch and work up a stake and then they go into town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they’re pounding their tail on some other ranch.”. It gives them hope for their future because without the dream, Lennie and George have nothing to look forward to so they can go on living without a worry because even if something does happen, they know at some point they will eventually be able to get away from it. The other characters that are affected by the dream are Candy because

George is the logical one, always figuring out some way to keep Lennie going. Such as the beginning of the tale when he states the dream to motivate Lennie to talk about something happy. “‘O.K. Someday we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and.’ ‘Live off the fatta the land’ Lennie shouted!”(Page 14) Talking about the dream gives Lennie some “reset” button, which sets his mood back to his cheerful self. Following the short journey of George and Lennie often involves talk about the American Dream, which ends with George losing his temper. Lennie has talked about leaving, but George wants him to stay. The relationship with Lennie is a vital factor for the dream. The significance of this is that Lennie is constantly a burden to the dream and has no way contributed to it. George needed Lennie in the idea but stated that he could make it without Lennie. Nevertheless, everything George does for Lennie is for the sake of this illusion to become a reality, even if George gets no reward. Also, George has shown that trouble follows this idea and can cause an additional problem. Candy is one of the people who has joined George. “They fell silent. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they never really believed in was coming true.” (Page 60). No longer a hallucination, George has inspired Lennie and Candy to the point where they will follow him to the end of the world.

Dreams lead people to strive and attempt to fulfill them, even if it take them along time, or they have to do something they usually don't do. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, dreams are what make George and Lennie stay together and even if their share different reasons for having the same dream, they still share the same

The two gentlemen alway had a big dream through the entire novel. Their American Dream was definitely alive. In the novel, there was a lot of talk about George and Lennie having a ranch of their own. Them living in luxury; to them anyway. "An' live off the fatta the lan'," Lennie shouted. (Steinbeck 14). As this conversation continues, George replies, " we'll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we'll just say the hell with goin' to work, and we'll build up a fire in the stove and sat around it an' listen to the rain comin' down on the roof." (Steinbeck 14-15). This quote demonstrates the imagination and the dedication to this dream that they had about getting their own little piece of land. Towards the end of the novel George is stirred up and he left the impression that the only reason this dream came about was because Lennie loved hearing about it, it was the only thing that made him happy. So I think that George's American Dream was dead before he even started. He was just trying to make Lennie

The most important dream in this novel is that of the two main characters Lennie and George. They

Most of the characters in Of Mice and Men admit, at one point or another, to dreaming of a different life. For example, before Curley’s wife death, she confesses her desire to be a movie star. Also, Crooks allows himself the pleasant fantasy of hoeing a patch of garden on Lennie’s farm one day, and Candy latches on desperately to George’s vision of owning a couple of acres. Before the action of the story begins, circumstances have robbed most of the characters of these wishes. Curley’s wife, for instance, she has resigned herself to an unfulfilling marriage. What makes all of these dreams typically American is that the dreamers wish for untarnished happiness and the freedom to follow their own desires.

The American Dream is based off of the Declaration of the Independence. The Document presented the idea of “pursuit of happiness.” This promotes the idea of Lennie and George's dream of a perfect farm for them in the future. This means that through hard work and dedication, they will eventually find happiness for the both of them. For Lennie, this happiness comes from tending to the animals. For george, it comes from creating an advanced idea of a farm that he had pictured since he was a kid and the thought of being able to live strictly off the farms produce and land, away from society.

George and Lennie’s dream might have never been obtainable due to Lennie’s undiagnosed mental problem along with the depression. To achieve the American dream is to be fully independent and own land. The first setback was the difficult and long task of not only finding, but keeping a job. This proved to be almost impossible for the pair due to Lennie’s track record. George stated, “Well he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes. Jus’ wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk , and the only thing he can think to do...and I heard all the yellin’, so I comes runnin’, an’ by that time Lennie’s so scared all he can think to do is jus’ hold on.” (Steinbeck) That was a setback in George and Lennie’s plan to achieve their dream. The duo made their way to the ranch with the work cards to find a job to

Another reason he is unable to achieve his American Dream because in chapter 6, they were repeating their dream for the future since they are very redundant about this throughout the book: having a cow, pigs and chickens, alfalfa for the rabbits, and “live on the fatta the lan’,” according to Lennie. Then George shoots him, leaving him with a feeling of melancholy. Curley’s wife also doesn’t have the power to achieve her American Dream, which is being famous as an actress, having a lot of money, and being in “pitchers.” She has Curley holding her back since she said to Lennie in the barn that she didn’t like Curley and then saying, “Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes - all them nice clothes like they wear.

George’s dream was quite similar to Lennie’s. George had also wanted to have a small house with a little bit of land. “..we’d have a little house an’ a room to ourself. Little fat iron stove, an’ in the winter we’d keep a fire goin’ in it. It ain’t enough land so we’d have to work too hard. Maybe six, seven hours a day” (58). It seemed as if George liked to say the dream aloud just as much Lennie liked to hear it. George did not achieve this dream. After Lennie had killed Curley’s wife, George knew the dream would never happen. He had said to Candy, “I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He [Lennie] usta like to hear about it so much I got the thinking maybe we would” (94). George had ended up deciding that he will take his fifty bucks at the end of each month and spend it at a cat

In 1931, a historian named James Truslow Adams wrote, “’The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.’” As people try to achieve this dream they begin to notice the difficulties that prevent it from happening. In John Steinbeck’s novel, this struggle is represented immensely for Curley’s wife, Lennie, and George. Like a brick wall, the characters obstacles stack up against them and block them from their goals. Even though Curley’s wife, Lennie, and George are close to their dreams, the cruel world prevents them from happening.

In conclusion, The American Dream left George lonely like he has never been with Lennie. Together, the two could have had anything, determination got in the way of that. Like mice, human kind has a tendency to chase after what is right in front of them, because it’s simply easier. Once the dream dust has settled, and we can see the truth, I think readers now know whether they want to continue working hard towards their dream, or start living in

The American Dream made the characters become close to one another to create a special bond. The idea about having a small house, with a lawn and animals, with freedom to do what they wanted, was the dream for George, Lennie, Candy, and Crooks. There is a specific part in the novella all the characters unite and start to talk about the land. This ignites a bond between all four members that is created by The American Dream. “ We’ll do her. We’ll fix up that old place an’ we’ll go live there. We’d just go to her, we wouldn’t ask nobody if we could.” They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about. ( page 61 ) This conversation was an inspiration, but also a reality that could happen. The guys realized that, so they had a connection of positively and hard work, because all these factors would help them, get to their

George and Lennie's dream is to initial a dream, however, gets to be clearer/more achievable, when Candy out of the blue offers cash. Lennie closes all trusts when he slaughters Curley's wife and loses his own particular life all the while.  Candy and Crooks both attempt to partake in this fantasy. Candy is edgy and, along these lines, prepared to trust his fortune to a close older.  Crooks is most skeptical about the fantasy of owning land Yet even he, reviewing upbeat times in his adolescence, trusts, quickly, for an offer in George's and Lennie's fantasy.  The end of the novella appears to affirm Crooks critical perspective. None of the characters accomplish his or her fantasy. Be that as it may, this appears to be more because of an