The Beauty Of Their Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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.

George is one of people in the ranch that had big goals to achieve, but he couldn’t accomplish any of them because of Lennie. George taking care of Lennie affects his dreams in a big way because every time George gets closer to his dreams Lennie completely ruins it. In the story it states George saying “ dumb bastard likes to touch everything he likes”(steinbeck 41). This is very important because this shows how childish lennie acts. The most important thing to him was to have dreams to have a farm and his own place with Lennie. This quote “ we got a future “ (Pg . 14) shows that he had a dream worth living for. Another way George had gotten his dreams taken away was when Lennie killed their boss’s wife. I know that George was a very lonely person because in the story he talks about guys like him in the ranch . “ guys like us , that work on a ranch are the loneliest guys in the world” (Pg . 13). This is very important because it shows his feelings towards being lonely.

Everyone has dreams, big and small. When one dreams, there is a scent of whimsical hope in the air mixed with the powerful drive for success to obtain their luminous goals. But, many times these luscious dreams end up in grief and pain instead of a promised joy due to the hurdles in life, such as the certain circumstances that society professes or the flaws in a person that restrains them from their aspirations. The writer, John Steinbeck, incorporates this ideology in his novella, Of Mice and Men by creating three pivotal characters. Lennie, Crooks, and George all have schemes that go wrong, and yet hope to illustrate their desires of fulfilling their American Dream and to be prosperous for their own independent purposes.

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

Aspirations of success often drive individuals toward success. However if one only focuses on their dreams and not on working to achieve their goals, they will not be successful. Charles Dickens and John Steinbeck in their respective novels Great Expectations and Of Mice and Men, use their main characters failures in manifesting their aspirations to warn about the dangers of aspiring about the future and not focusing on success in the present.

His mental disability had caused the dream they had created to be ruined. Curley, the man on the ranch who picks on Lennie, currently has a wife that is very isolated and lonely and loves to talk to Lennie since he is a very warm and soft loving man until she had told Lennie to feel her hair. Lennie wouldn't let go and Curley's wife was struggling to get out of Lennie's grasp. "And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck" (Steinbeck 91). This quotation explains how Lennie had ruined the dream because he had killed a woman and would be expelled from working on the ranch, leading to not making any money towards their life dream. Since George knew the dream was over, and that it wouldn't happen, he had to find Lennie. Since Curley had picked on him and had made fun of him, Curley was already after Lennie to kill. George knew this was all happening and knew he had to find Lennie before them to tell him the dream one more time before he was going to die. George had found Lennie on the creek side in the forest and told him about their dream one more time. Then George had Lennie at gunpoint. "His hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). This quote from Of Mice and Men explains to the reader that Lennie had ruined their dreams once and for all since he had done terrible things to halt the dream. George had to put Lennie out of his misery since he was already going to be killed. George wanted to share their dream together one more

In life, dreams affect the way people live. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, characters in the book have dreams. These dreams affect the behavior of the characters. On the ranch George and Lennie create a dream. They have a dream of owning their own farm and Lennie has a dream of tending the rabbits. Dreams affected George and Lennie. It affected them in bad ways. They will do anything to make their dreams come true but their dream just ends up getting them in trouble.

In Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, all throughout the story there is one specific dream that stands out to the reader. Dreams are a large part of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, being mentioned many times, but one specific dream is brought up throughout the entire story. As a person, having a dream helps you know what you wish to achieve in your life. Each person sees the dreams that they have in different ways, there are the people who can’t decipher whether their dreams can be made a reality or not, there are some who their dreams bring them peace, and others whose dreams help them grow. All of these things describe how Lennie gets through life having the dream of owning the ranch with George and taking care of the rabbits.

There is a question that has plagued me for quite some time, not just because of what we are reading, but in life as well. Are we working to live or living to work? Everyone was either jut working from job to job in the book, or they were just working the days away. Then what was the point of Dreams?

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.

A dream can become an amazing illusion, filling your mind of hope, happiness, and prosperity, but a dream can also become a trap. A trap your stuck with for the rest of your life until you take actions into your own hands. In the film Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, the characters George and Lennie have a dream, but that dream suddenly turns into a trap because of Lennie. George and Lennie’s dream makes Lennie commit heinous acts, proving he has no self control, and leaves George to pay the price for his actions. Lennie quickly makes their dream American dream into a American tragedy.

The theme of dreams is introduced at the start of the book through George’s description to Lennie of the farm that they hope one day to own together. They continue to discuss this throughout the text, with Candy also becoming involved and making it finally seem possible. This dream is very important to the men because it represents freedom and having control over their own lives, which they do not have while moving around looking for work. Dreams in Of Mice and Men are linked to the ‘American Dream’. This is the idea that in America, it is possible for anyone to achieve success and improve their lives through hard work.

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” These are the words of the Buddha. Buddha believed that people should live in the now, not to worry about the past or the future. Sadly, we weren’t able to learn about his work during the unit. Through the dream unit, we have looked at many perspectives and different ways people share them. We looked at speeches, videos, books and articles, and yes, even game shows. But while dreams can lead to bad outcomes, people should always dream because it leads us to better things in our life, if we fail, we can learn important lessons, and dreaming gives us a purpose in life.

In the novel of Mice and Men John Steinbeck conveys how characters George, Lennie and Crooks have their own insights on the American Dream and their thoughts behind why they are so closely tied to the thought of the dream. In attempt to breakdown his view of the future to his companion Lennie, George elaborates on the American dream he and Lennie strive for. A determined George says, “We have a future” (Steinbeck 14). This quote probes us to think that George does have a dream for a better future for Lennie and himself. For most who want to live the American dream, land was often a big variable which happens to be a major focal point to our tandem of Lennie and George. As George is talking to Candy and Lennie about the farm for sale he excitedly

In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck puts a lot of deeper meanings in what he says about his characters. In the first three chapters, his main point to get across is that George and Lennie have an “American Dream.” George and Lennie’s dream is to become successful and own a farm of their own. Their dream is what motivates them to keep going and stay together. Lennie asks George to tell him what they are going to do with the land, while George is reciting their dream Lennie gets excited and replies with “An’ live off the fatta the lan”(Steinbeck 14). George and Lennie both enjoy this idea of living life successfully and they have gone over this idea many times before. Steinbeck also shows how important the little things are even during