How Does Steinbeck's Dream In Of Mice And Men

In the book of mice and men by John Steinbeck the characters Lennie and George worked very hard and they still don’t achieve their dream of owning a farm. Even though they were good workers and did their jobs well, because of the unfortunate incident with Curley's wife they were unable to achieve their dream. We can also recognize that circumstances beyond your control can derail your dream in the case of United States 1980 Summer Olympic team. This evidence supports the reason not to dream as the 1980 Olympic athletes were superior enough to be Olympians, but because of circumstances beyond their control, the boycott of the games, they never gained the chance to prove themselves. These two pieces of evidence have the theme of it’s not worth it to dream because circumstances beyond your control can derail your dreams and show definite examples of why it’s not worth it to dream, not to

Very often, people leave behind their dreams for more practical solutions to dismal situations. In Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, dreams often serve the purpose of giving characters new opportunities. Dreams are also typically unattainable, yet characters in the novel spend much of their time trying to achieve them. Because the Depression era was so destitute, Lennie and George’s dream is a positive distraction from their seemingly hopeless situation. These reasons expose a deeper, more tragic truth of the era. Lennie and George's dream affirms that dreams are often unattainable distractions from real life.

Dreams in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck A dream can be described as an ambition or the aspiration to reach a goal in life. In the novel "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck creates characters to have an optimistic dream. These dreams are ones which they would all like to make a reality. They all have a longing and desire to fulfil their dreams.

Lennie has his mind set on one thing. That is getting out of the barn and getting his own piece of land with George. This dream motivates Lennie to always listen and follow what George says. There he can finally tend the rabbits he has always wanted. Lennie loves petting things such as small animals and dresses which usually leads him to trouble.

Hopes and dreams can be very important for peoples’ needs and survival. In Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men, each of the main characters is driven by their hopes and dreams; it provides a sense of motivation and animation to each of their being. From Lennie and George being driven by their hopes and dreams of owning a farm, to Curley’s wife’s dreams of becoming an actress, having dreams plays an essential role in giving hope to the characters of Steinbeck’s story. Although dreams and hopes are essential themes in Steinbeck’s story, in a sense, Steinbeck does seem to emphasize that dreams are not meant to be achieved, and that there are other factors that are essential for survival. I believe Steinbeck included their dreams to give

A twenty-five percent unemployment rate. People desperate for lodging and food. Families stretching every penny to support themselves. Government trying to solve these problems through reforms and programs. This is what the world in the 1930s was like for Lennie and George, two migrant workers traveling across California, earnestly trying to achieve the American Dream. Even though these dreams seem impossible to accomplish, during the Great Depression a dream was a reason to get out of bed.

In their dreams, Lennie gets to “tend the rabbits” and will try his hardest to say out of trouble see George won't get mad at him and will not let him tend the rabbits. But sometimes when Lennie tries to stay out of trouble he ends up out of trouble. Like when he accidentally killed Curley's wife “Please dont….Please dont do that George will be mad”(91) he said this covering her mouth, eventually killing her. Lennie is always worried George will get mad at him when he gets in trouble, and won't let him tend the rabbits. Lennie cares so much about his dream and tending the rabbits that he gets in even more trouble.

Ever since the beginning of the twentieth century America has fascinated people from all over the world to move and to begin a new life. For many people living in America was a chance for a better opportunity and experiencing new things. They all had something in common and that is a dream. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lenny and George spent their lives migrating from one farm to another in order to obtain a stable life. They have no family and have an unsuccessful past; they try to see and reach their opportunities for a better life out there and believe that it can be done over hard work. Unfortunately, George and Lenny don’t accomplish their version of the dream; but with this journey the audience learns that a better life

with George where he can take care of rabbits. One night, before arriving at the ranch, Lennie and George camp by the Salinas River and talk about their hopes for the future. Lennie says to George, “Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits,” (14). Later in the story, Lennie is in the barn with Sometimes dreams don’t come true

In Of Mice and Men, the hopes and dreams of the men on the ranch are a continuous focus and theme throughout the novel. John Steinbeck portrays the effects that dreams, or lack of them, have on the lives of the characters and the outcome of the novel. Steinbeck uses the concept of dreams at once to show hope and aspiration, as they invoke companionship with united determination for a better future, and to illustrate the difficulties of survival, with unrealised dreams illuminating the dark despair of society at that time.

He is an old man who lost his best friend who was his dog and is one of the lonely people in the book who is not pleased by his life. Candy wants to join George and Lennie in their future life. ”Tell you what _s’pose i went in with you guys. ”(pg. 59)This quote comes out of Candy’s mouth, it also describes Candy’s eagerness to leave that place for good. ”You don’t know that we got our own ranch to go to, an’ our house. ”(pg. 79)This is another statement coming out of Candy’s mouth proudly. This man at this point of the book is very sure that they are getting a place to live in after they leave the ranch. The dream of Candy is already changing into a hope. “Then_it’s all off?”(pg. 95) says Candy when George tells him that he knew that Curley’s wife would get them in trouble, this is where Candy’s dream started to shatter. He already knows that him and George are not going to buy that place. This quote helps you predict that Candy’s dream did not come true like all the other characters. Other than the two characters and Candy, Curley’s wife also had her own

Lennie has a very big body and when he finds a mouse or any soft item he destroys it or kills. Lennie doesn't know right from wrong and seems to be focused more on the dream than hurting someone. The day before they make it to the ranch Lennie says, “I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads and thy was dead,”(Steinbeck 10). Any soft thing that Lennie kills, was innocent. Lennie was also Innocent, just like all the other animals and person he killed. He doesn't know right from wrong making it harder for him to understand. It wasnt his fault Curley’s wife told him to touch her hair. lennie is innocent like the soft animals he killed. The night before Lennie and George went to the ranch George told Lennie there dream that they hope to accomplish. George says, “‘O.K. 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 an -’” (Steinbeck 14). There dream Lennie and George had was the American Dream representing a freedom and opportunity to migrant workers, like George and Lennie , they both would rather work on their own farm, than someone's ranch. They want start a new life without any problems. Although their dream did not come true when Lennie died from his actions. It seemed at the end of the book George had gave up giving him another reason to kill

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Everyone has a dream they hope to achieve, but dreams are not always possible to attain. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, two ranch hands, George and Lennie, find work in Salinas Valley. Lennie, constantly getting into trouble, inadvertently causes the two of them to be run out of town and thus have to find new work regularly. George and Lennie's search for work in the hope of accomplishing their dream of a small farm of their own displays how futile realizing dreams can be.

The Analysis of Dreams in Of Mice and Men In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, the journey of two friends with a common dream work there way through difficult times. Migrate farm workers, George and Lennie flee their original town of Weed, California to make their way to Salinas, California. George is the keeper of Lennie, a mentally disabled man whom was orphaned after his Aunt Clara died. Trouble unfolds for the two companions as the galled son of the ranch owner and his knave wife make the stay for George and Lennie distressing.