Of Mice And Men Analysis Essay

George and Lennie have been dreaming of owning their own farm. That way they don't have to work for other people. They've moved around a lot trying to find a good place to own, but their past is holding them back. This is a limitation in their life. They can't own a farm because they can't get the money because they can't ever stay at the same farm for a long time.

First off, the bunnies. Many times throughout the book Lennie asks George to tell him about the ranch that they are going to own. The first instance is on page 14, “‘...we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs…’” and “‘...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 set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof…’”. The next time the farm is mentioned again is on page 57, “Lennie said, ‘Tell about that place, George.’ ‘I jus’ tol’ you, jus’ las’ night.’ ‘Go on-tell again, George’ ‘Well, it’s ten acres,’...” The final time the farm is mentioned is on page 105, “‘We gonna get a little place,’ George began.” Very early on we learn that Lennie does not have the best memory but he always remembers the farm that he and Lennie are going to own. By the end of the book the reader so badly wants for that dream to come true that it makes the end of the book even more heartbreaking. Since Lennie remembers the farm the reader can infer that that dream is very important to Lennie which makes the reader want to see that dream come true therefore making that reader

Steinbeck introduces Lennie by physical description and it gives us an idea of how powerful he is compared to George. “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders” (Steinbeck, Pg. 2) In this quote, the author is trying to make the reader

Because Lennie is confused he grabs her hair and tries to make her stop yelling. But because Lennie does not know how to control his own strength, he squeezes Curley’s wife’s neck too hard and crushes her spine. Lennie then flees the ranch because Curley wants to kill him for what he did to his wife. So Lennie is not brutally murdered by Curley, George finds Lennie and, because he cannot get him out of trouble, shoots Lennie. Lennie’s uncontrollable strength and ignorance destroyed his, George and Candy’s dream

Owning a farm where you can “live offa the fatta the lan’” is George and Lennie’s dream (57). Where they can have crops,“a little house. . . a room to ourself[themselves]”,and of course animals especially rabbits (58). The farm for George will be a place he can be independent while still taking care of Lennie, he can be his own boss in a place of security and comfort. The farm for Lennie would be a sanctuary from a world that does not understand him. There would be a responsibility for him to tend the rabbits, the attribute of the farm that excites him most,while still being with George.

Through the narrative convention of foreshadowing, Steinbeck uses the execution of Candy’s dog to predict what will occur to Candy himself, once his ability to work diminishes completely. Candy’s dog is a metaphor of himself. The dog represents the brutality of life on the land and the inevitability of becoming useless.

     Friendship has a big part to do with Lennie and George’s dream of owning a small farm and raising animals. George and Lennie both set their mind to accomplish their dream and go to work on a ranch for little pay. Another friend of George overhears George and

First of all George and Lennie’s dream was to own a farm that Lennie was the most

The dream of owning a farm to himself with his friend Lennie, who particularly gets to tend the rabbits is what makes George live through every day. The dream is illustrated as:

George and Lennie’s dream of the farm is just out of their reach which motivates them to continue to work tenaciously so their dream will become a reality. As the novel progresses others start to join in on the dream of the farm to bring them some hope as well. Crooks, though at first was hesitant, asks if the “guys would want a hand to work” and that he can “work like a son-of-a-bitch if [he]” wants to. The dream of the farm is wish that George and Lennie would “have a little house”, “a cow and some pigs” and that they would “belong there”. Their dream is also a symbol of their brotherhood, claiming that they have “got a future” and somebody that “gives a damn about [them]”.

While journeying to the farm and working on the farm, George realizes that the world won’t allow him and Lennie to have their dream

Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to remind the reader that Lennie and George’s dream of having their own farm will never be realized. He constantly talks about the failure of the dreams of others on the ranch they work on. One example is when Crooks wants to get in on the farm with George and Lennie. When he first heard about the farm, he was all for it, but once Curley’s wife came in and he was reminded of his harsh reality, he told Candy, “ ‘'Member what I said about hoein' and doin' odd jobs?... Well, jus' forget it’ ” (83). The farm is a place where nobody has ever seen their or anyone else’s dreams completed and this lets the reader know not to expect this to happen to Lennie and George. Another example of this is when Curley’s wife tells Lennie that she, “ ‘Coulda been in the movies, an'’ ” (88). In the end, she ends up marrying Curley and ending up on the farm where she’ll never be known for more than his

The novel Of Mice and Men is full of life lessons that can be taught through Lennie and George, the two protagonists. Lennie Small, a young man who struggles with a mental disability, and George, are making means end by working as freelance labourers. The men travel together, which was unique for the time period. Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression, so both men struggle to make decent money. However, that does not prevent them from having high hopes for their future. George talks to Lennie about a Dream Farm; a place where all is good, Lennie can do as he pleases, and money is not an issue. The Dream Farm, Lennie and George’s heaven, relates to the overall theme of the novel; a few mistakes or failures shouldn’t keep you from pursuing your dreams.

The plan is doomed virtually from the beginning not only because human fellowship cannot survive, but also because the image of the farm, as conceived by George, Lennie, and Candy, is overly idealized. The probability being that life, even if they obtained the farm, would not be as they envision. The fruits and vegetables in abundance, the livestock and domestic animals, and the community of people involved are unreasonable expectations.

Lennie has multiple traits to describe him, but some of the best ones are that he is not very bright, but he is very strong. Lennie is not smart because George says “If you