Why Do George And Lennie's Dream To Have Their Own Farm

George and Lennie discuss having their own farm while on the way to yet another job trying to achieve it. The night before going to the farm, George tells Lennie, not for the first time, that “Someday- were gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres” (14). The Depression era is known for poverty and desolation, and because George needs a distraction from the responsibility of taking care of Lennie, the pair discusses it often to keep hopes up. When George is about to kill Lennie, they discuss their farm as a nostalgic distraction from the unmitigable situation around them. Lennie's last words before George shoots him are “‘Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now’”(106). Killing Lennie is very painful for George, so he talks about something good and happy in order to pull himself through, but ultimately kill the dream when he kills Lennie. Their goal of getting a farm wasn't realistic and existed purely to keep George going day to

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

George and Lennie, finally, had dreams of owning their own ranch, where they could look out for each other and could be happy. This dream died because of Lennie’s underestimating of his own strength, and

George and Lennie are different from everyone else on the farm. Lennie has a disability. George has been kicked from multiple jobs, thanks to Lennie. Well, it does mention that Lennie has a disability but not of what kind. Lennie was accused of rapeing a girl after trying to feel the girl’s soft red velvet dress. George had to drag Lennie out of there and had to look for a new job. Lennie has a disorder causing him to have many problems,while with George, it is ruining George’s reputation at other job

Lennie and George’s dream is to own a piece of land to work and live where they can have cows, pigs, chicken a vegetable patch with alfalfa and rabbits. “O.K Someday – we’re going

Every time George and Lennie obtain a job, Lennie gets in trouble and they are forced to leave. But they hope after all of their intense work that they can finally have their dream and get a place that they can call their own, “we’re gonna have a little house and a couple acres”.

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.

     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

In this novel, George and Lennie have the dream to purchase a small farm and farm the land themselves. In contrast to most dreams, their dream is very modest and achievable. Their dream is realistic because their friendship has been established through years of togetherness and the basic needs of both the characters (Scott, 1985, p. 39). George and Lennie are dependant on each other. Through Lennie, George can feel superior and justify his own failures. Through George, Lennie is provided with direction in life. Lennie is protected from himself by George. But, the most prominent reason their dream is realistic is that the farm is in actual existence and George has a vivid picture of it in his mind (Scott, 1985, p. 43). Sadly, regardless of the realism of their goal, inevitable destruction must occur. Although it is beyond his control, Lennie’s circumstances are what destroys the dream. Steinbeck creates Lennie to exist in a society where he is rejected because of his constant conflict with others. According to Brenda Foster Scott in John Steinbeck's Concept of the Individualistic Survival of the American Dream, “such characters are destined for failure not only because of a non-teleological view which pits them against a world which lies beyond any distinctions of that which is moral or immoral, but also against a society which cannot tolerate their inabilities to

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 to believe in for their future. Only when Candy offers

In the beginning of the book, the two characters are sitting at the edge of a small creek. Lennie asks George to talk about what living on their own little piece of land will be like. George explains all of the things they’ll have and then stops abruptly and says, “I ain’t got time for no more.” (Doc C) George believes that they’ll never get the land some way or another and that the idea is so far fetched. This is foreshadowing that they won't get the land later in the book. Later in the story, one of their bunk mates named Crooks doesn't believe they'll get the land. He says, “ Hundreds of them. They come, an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it….” (Doc c) Crooks thinks that Lennie and George are one of those hundred men who had a dream of living on their own piece of land, but never getting it. What crooks said foreshadows the loss of the farm dream at the end of the book. John Steinbeck foreshadows the loss of the farm dream by George's and Crooks

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:

     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.

George and Lennie work on the land and their dream is to one day have some land of their own.