The American Dream

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

Lennie loves soft things so George promised him that if he was good, he would get to tend the rabbits on the farm. “...When we get the coupla acres I can let you tend the rabbits all right. ‘Specially if you remember as good as that,” George said to Lennie (Steinbeck 15). The first time the story of the farm is told in the book, Lennie is told he can tend the rabbits. Because he is told this, every time the farm is referenced, Lennie starts to talk about the rabbits and how he gets to tend them. Lennie constantly associates the rabbits with the dream farm because the soft things are what he wants most in life, but he also wants the farm so he can have them and be with George. “George came out of the brush quietly and the rabbit scuttled back into Lennie’s brain.” (Steinbeck 102). As George comes to Lennie, the rabbit disappears, signaling the disappearance of their dream. As the book nears its end, George tells Lennie the story of the farm once more, putting Lennie in a happy place thinking of the rabbits. When the story closes, George tells Lennie to look out and imagine the farm, and the gun sounds, Lennie and George’s American dream has

Lennie offers George the opportunity to lay plans, give advice, and, in general, be in charge. Without Lennie, George would be just like the other hands, but with Lennie, George has a strong sense of responsibility. Their dream also sets George apart from the others because it means he and Lennie have a future and something to anticipate. Unlike Lennie, George does not see their dream in terms of rabbits; instead, he sees it in a practical way. Their farm will be one where they can be independent and safe and where he will not have to worry about keeping track of Lennie 's mistakes. They can be secure and in charge of their own lives. However, Lennie is the one who adds the enthusiasm because George never really believed they could swing this farm of their own. He mostly uses the story to give Lennie something Lennie

Both Lennie and George have motivation to achieve their american Dream, Lennie for the rabbits, and George so he can finally relax.

Lennie constantly wants George to “tell about what [they’re] gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages” (14). From tending rabbits to owning a farm of their own, the duo has their future set out for them. In addition, George and Lennie toil endlessly to attain their dreams, even moving place to place to earn money. However, all of their planning is wasted when Lennie kills Curley’s wife and has to be executed. When “Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward in the sand” (106), that was the end of both George and Candy’s dreams. The idea of a little quaint farm is originally the two of theirs, and it is not going to be accomplished alone. Even the most diligent people may not have their hopes and dreams fulfilled, no matter how desperately they desire

     The friendship between Lennie and George went beyond what was unambiguous, they shared a common dream, and they never stopped trying to acheive their dream. They dream of a peice of land of their own. Independence. A couple of acres, a cow, some pigs, and rabbits that Lennie dreams of tending to. Their dream will later be shattered by fate.

Do you ever think I wonder if I’m having the same dream as someone. George and Lennie have many dreams, but the biggest dream they have is being able to live together and have their own farm. Lennie has a slight obsession with rabbits and has dreams that when they have their farm and live comfortably Lennie says he wants rabbits. “Lets have different colored rabbits; George” “Sure we will lennie.” “Red and blue and green rabbits lennis millions of’em” “Furry ones, George” (Steinbeck P. 16) George has dreams of being able to grown their own food and not have to buy from the market, "All kin's a vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whisky we can sell a few eggs or something, or some milk.” (Steinbeck P. 14). The outside source I

The dream of tending rabbits and having a place all to themselves, brings Lennie so much joy, as George knows. Lennie loves soft things, so having a place where rabbits belong to him and he takes care of them is marvelous to him. Lennie dies envisioning the dream along the river, which is a merciful act performed by George. Everyone wishes to die happy, and George grants Lennie this at the end of, Of Mice and Men. Lennie is oblivious to the fact that those moments are his last and is joyous: “Lennie giggled with happiness.

Lennie was a big man who had a mental disability. His dream was to tend to the rabbits on the ranch George and him were going to own. Lennie had always liked petting soft objects from soft cloth to furry animals. He wanted to live with his best friend George, and live off the fat of the land. Lennie would always get excited and have George explain to him what the ranch would be like.

First of all, Lennie has a realistic dream of one day tending to rabbits. He has always loved soft pretty things and enjoyed touching them. He said “An’ have rabbits.” (Pg. 14). He wanted to follow George on his American Dream and all he wanted was to tend to the rabbits. He won’t ever be able to achieve his dream though, because he was killed.

The hope that this dream gives is most relevant in the character of Lennie. Lennie is mentally retarded, and is not capable of taking care of himself. George has take care of Lennie, and mostly keep him from getting the two in trouble. George uses this “American dream” the two have to put a sort of false hope in Lennie that life the two have will get better. Now even George at one point in the novel realizes this dream will not come true for the two men, but he does not want to let Lennie realize George’s lost hope.

In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, the theme of the American Dream’s destruction resonates throughout the novel within the 1930s Great Depression Era of the United States setting. The idea of the futility of the American Dream is put into heavy focus as the author explores the theme through the character Lennie Small and his contribution to the figurative fall of man’s ambitions. Steinbeck utilizes Lennie’s flaws to illustrate the ultimate flaws of the American Dream. The character is innocent yet destructive, two failings on which the premise of the American Dream is suggested to be built upon due to its fragile nature deriving from its unharmonious components. The novella focuses upon the construction and the development

In the novella Of Mice and Men there are many themes that are presented through the book. One of the major themes is the impossibility of the American Dream for some people with odds being stacked against them. Written by John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, the American Dream is not the same for everyone; everybody has different views of the dream and what they can be. Throughout the story there are many instances where the idea is shown that the American Dream is destined to disappoint.

Faced with his mental disability, Lennie struggles with understanding things. Despite this, he finds hope past the unknown. He holds onto the simplistic yet gratifying idea of rabbit tending, alongside his companion George Milton. “‘An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that George,’” (Steinbeck 14). Here, Lennie exemplifies the impact that the values in life, earnestly sought after, have on

Now that Lennie is around, his life aspirations have changed so now he wants to own his own farm while Lennie is there tending the rabbits. A quote that shows that George’s dreams and regrets in life is “God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.”(Steinbeck 8) George loves Lennie but with Lennie’s disabilities, he could be a burden sometimes. This quote proves George does have regrets about taking on Lennie which reflects on him not being able to achieve his original dream. His original dream, similar to the original American dream of a white picket fence, was to live his own life stable and maybe with a family. Therefore, George taking on Lennie proves that stuff happens in life that conflicts with plans so the American dream isn’t achievable. As George’s life has changed due to this, him and Lennie make their own dream about the farm. “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…”(Steinbeck 10) Here, George is talking about the plans they have after they make enough money on the ranch to leave. Again, the dream of the farm is never achieved because of Lennie’s death. Thus proving Steinbeck’s point that the American dream is unachievable and unrealistic.