George's Dream In Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men is the classic tale by John Steinbeck of two men trying to achieve the American Dream. But things are not going great for George and Lennie. They move from town to town trying to get a job to be able to afford to get their own property, which is made more difficult by the fact the novel takes place during the Great Depression. Besides the obvious effect of the poverty caused by the Great Depression on the characters that it is the reason George and Lennie are migrant workers, it also causes the characters, not just George and Lennie, to be more suspicious and distrustful of those around them. The setting in which this novel takes place, the Great Depression, causes most of the characters to isolate themselves, everyone except

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 started this novel with a dream of living an ideal life with Lennie. “We’re gonna live off the fatta the land,” he’d say. He wanted to go somewhere off the grid with Lennie so that they’d both be safe and not have to worry about other people or Lennie getting in trouble. He wants to escape the harshness of the world

has any hold of him. He is aware that while he is working on someone

In the late 1930’s novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck follows the lives of two men and how they live on one another to endure the hardships nurtured from the Great Depression. George and Lennie, the main characters, venture together along the rolling hills of the western United States, looking out for one another and being there for each other even in the hardest times looking for work to pursue their lifetime dream. Lennie, a strong bold man and a hard worker, is handicapped with a mental disability while George, on the other hand, is a slim, but strong man who has taken care of Lennie ever since his Aunt Clara had perished. Both the men have big dreams of living on a beautiful farm together and raising farm animals such as chickens,

Steinbeck seems to emphasize that dreams are not intended to be accomplished. George and Lennie have a dream of owning a ranch . That dream is never achieved

On page 74 it crooks says “They come, and they go, and every one of em’s got a little piece of land in their head and never a damn one of them ever gets it.” This is crooks saying he doesn't think they can do it because he's seen so many men want land and they end up not getting any. Crooks also says they will never get land because they'll blow all their money so the plan would never work. The next example that the dream will die is when Lennie says “George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend the rabbits.

In the book, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie’s dream and the American Dream was to raise sufficient amount of money to buy a piece of land. But during the Great Depression, obtaining land was hard and nearly impossible to get. It was an illusion and a trap. Everyone in the ranch dreams of life, liberty, and happiness, but none of them get it. When Crook listens to Lennie’s dream, he tells Lennie, “Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.” It indicates that the harsh reality was that it was merely a dream. But these dreams hold George

Have you ever been put in a situation where you aren’t sure if it’s right or wrong? Have you ever thought of your punishment? In John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, George is put in a similar situation. People could go both ways with this. In some cases, people would think that George killing Lennie was wrong and George should be punished.

1.describe Lennie and George's dream. How is their dream representative of the dreams of migrant workers in the 1930's?

George makes sure he has a plan for anything, just it case Lennie screws something up again. He has to be careful man; George has to watch out not only for himself but also for Lennie. When George and Lennie first meet Curley and his wife George knew right away those are two people to definitely stay away from. “His tone grew decisive. ‘You keep away from Curley, Lennie’. ‘Sure I will, George. I won't’ say a word’.’ Don't let him pull you in-but-if the son-of-a-bitch socks you-let ‘im have it’.’” (30) George right away told Lennie that he better stay away from Curley. George knew Curley was bad news right from the start; but george also could interpret that Curley was fighter. George could tell through observation that Curley would try to mess with Lennie but if Curley goes after Lennie; then George knew Curley wouldn’t be able to handle Lennie in a

In Of Mice and Men the author uses George, Lennie, and Candy’s dream of having their own farm to live on to show that dreams are meant to be dreamt, not achieved. In chapter 4 Crooks tells Lennie, “I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it” (70). What Crooks says to Lennie implies that Lennie, George, and Candy’s dream is no different than other people’s dreams that Crooks has seen and he is just saying that their dream will never come

George not only controlled Lennie but he also looked out for him and he wanted him to be happy. An example of this is how he constantly reminds Lennie of their dream,

There would be rabbits and gardens and they would have a better life, George would tell Lennie. The only thing that could get in the way of Lennie achieving his dream was himself. Lennie was always getting into trouble everywhere George and him went. One time Lennie touched a girls dress because it was soft and she screamed. She even told the authorities that Lennie tried to rape her.

However, when a person dreams about something, they are most often thinking of something that’s the best case scenario. In most situations in life, most things don’t end up as the best case scenario. This dream kept Lennie and George going, but it seemed to absorb all of their thoughts and I think this kind of led to Lennie dying because he always was thinking of this farm and it distracted him from the world around