George's Sacrifice For The American Dream

The American Dream expresses the idea that every citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success through hard work, determination, and initiative. Gatsby conveys courage, determination, and perseverance in his attempt to achieve his dreams to be with Daisy, to attain wealth, and uphold a high status in the community. “Her voice is full of money” (page 120), this quote ties to the desire of wealth and a high social status. People are proud of their success and like to showcase it off as much as possible. The message about the American Dream expresses that there will always be an infinite green light to strive for in life. After accomplishing one dream there is always a new one following shortly.

Robert believes that the American Dream is when a person is successful at finding the job that they want while obtaining a lot of money. He also believes that the American Dream allows people who haven’t become successful

The disillusionment of the American dream is kind of obvious during this time which is the 1930s because everyone was chasing it. During this time which was the Great Depression people were trying as hard as they could to get a job and keep it. Well that’s what George and Lennie were trying to do they had a good job in this town they called “weed” but because of Lennie they had to run or get out of town and find a new job. Which they did after going place to place in search of a job. They get a job at a farm trying to earn a big enough “stake” to live their own American dream. George and Lennie’s version of the American dream was to get their own piece of land in the “country” with a nice farm on it. Lennie wants this but he’s also focused on getting rabbits on the farm.

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’s dream is to work hard and earn enough money to better his life. The American dream is to work hard to make your life better. America provides the opportunity to better your life. George's dream for the farm is to make his life better during a hard time.

He gets his freedom, and he gets to ruin himself, and own a few acers. Lastly, to Candy, the dream is for him to be able to work the garden, and to live in a relaxed environment because he thinks that soon, the boss will let him go. A quote from the story to show how much Lenny likes hearing their American Dream is , and to show how important the American Dream means to him is “’Tell me like you done before.’ ‘Tell you what?’ ‘About the Rabbits’ George snapped ‘You ain’t gonna put nothing over me.’ Lennie pleaded ‘Come on George. Tell me. Please George. Like you done before’” (pg 13). This quote from the story shows how much Lennie believed in the dream. His mental disability made him act a lot younger than his actual age, he dreams a lot and can easily be tricked by what people say. He is very fragile and short tempered, like a young child can be. But also like a child, he believes in dreams, he still has the innocence and pureness, which causes him to have faith, and trust in the dream. A quote that shows that George is believes in the American Dream is “Maybe you’re gettin’ better. When we get a coupla acres I

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 was a blond haired young man, with a long, distinct face, tapered cheekbones, and a firm chin. His green eyes were large and clearly unique, placed perfectly underneath his bushy, rectangular eyebrows. The thinly plucked eyebrows of his face flowed exquisitely with the curved hunch of his striking eyes. His body was scrawny and fatigued now, and his mind, abused after constant drug use, was mostly numb. His silvery, booming voice was very distinguishable, especially among his generous peers. His vivid, luxurious valuables indicated a successful business man, and a successful, hardworking business man George was.

The American Dream is when people are free to become what they want. The United States of America is a place where people are free to make choices, have the right to say what they want to say without getting punished. George and Lennie can pursue the American Dream.

Lennie and George have an aspiration to have the American dream and that dream leads to changes in their actions in order to achieve that. Lennie and George’s idea of the American dream is “We’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs an’ live off

George’s story provides hope for Candy and Crooks, the older men in the novel, who feels more useful. The American dream soon becomes only a memory due to the accidental killing of Curley’s wife, who found comfort in Lennie. Steinbeck demonstrates the difficulty of succeeding in living the American dream which describes how George and Lennie’s dream of owning a farm would enable them to sustain and protect themselves represents a prototypically American

The American dream symbolizes that they want a better future and something to keep them going everyday. That dream gives them life, even if life never allowed them to achieve that dream. That dream holds their friendship together because it keeps Lennie happy and George from becoming mean and lonely like most ranchers. In the book Crooks says: ¨Everybody wants a little piece of lan'. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.¨ (81) This quote means that even if things are made as planned, something along the way will block it causing it to never happen. Their dream was the American dream. To George and Lennie that means owning land, along with a farm and a little house. That also comes with responsibilities and independence, but they never got that. After Lennie got in trouble because he killed Curleyś wife, George knew that their dream of owning land was over, and soon later found out that he knew all along it was never going to work out. ¨I think i knowed from the very first. I think i knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much i got to thinking maybe we would.¨

Throughout the novella, Steinbeck displays the ‘American Dream’ through most of the characters. In the dialogue George describes his and Lennie’s dream of owning their own property, with rabbits and, “…living off the fat of the land.” This living off the fat of the land is what George and Lennie imagine s their ‘American Dream’. This gives them a sense of hope and purpose, but most of all it helps them to cope. Companionship, another way that helped migrant workers to cope, through the horse shoe game that they all played together, then the description between Candy and his dog mirrors the relationship between George and Lennie.

Whether it was George and Lennie’s dream of owning their own land, Candy and Crooks’ struggle of being equal to the other ranch hands, or Curley and Curley’s wife’s fight against the social classes. In the end, they all end up having their hopes and dreams deflated because of the unattainability of the ‘American Dream’ which proves Steinbeck’s showing the ‘American Dream’ being an

I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some. How’d that be?” ( page 59 ) Candy overhearing the conversation about the land, made him decide that he wanted to take part in the plan too. This shows how the plan made Candy make a decision that for him, was an American Dream or a better future.