A Dream Is Just That, a Dream-- An Analysis of Dreams in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, an influential writer in the 1900’s, composed many novels that recount life in the Great Depression. Though he is most famous for his innovative novel The Grapes of Wrath, he is also well known for his unique novel Of Mice and Men. Similar to The Grapes of Wrath, the background for Of Mice and Men is also inspired by the lives of people in the Great Depression. Of Mice and Men portrays the lives
As Langston Hughes once said “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes shows a major theme in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. A lot of ranch hands on the farm have a dream that they want to accomplish at one point in their life even though it’s not feasible because dreams give people hope, willpower, and the chance to escape loneliness. The author makes a clear comment that dreams are important and necessary to lead a happy
“All our dreams can come true if we have courage to pursue them.” - unknown Dreams and goals are things we want and things that motivate us to try hard and do good. What kind of effect does society have on the dreams and goals of us people? In this essay I will be explaining the dreams of four important characters of the novel Of Mice and Men; Crooks, Curley’s wife, George and, Lennie. Also how their dreams were affected by society. George and Lennie had a dream, to own their own ranch where
Goals and dreams motivate people to accomplish something or make you become a different person in life. In the novel ,” Of Mice And Men”, three people had their dreams set but really didn’t have goals that will help them achieve it. Lennie, George and Curley’s Wife all had big dreams that they wanted to come true. Lennie, one of the characters, dreams were to one day tend rabbits. For example, Lennie wanted to tend rabbits because every time his Aunt Clara gives him a mouse to pet Lennie will
How To: Achieve the American Dream when you are not rich, white, and straight. Why is it that the “American Dream” only seems possible for a certain portion of the American population? In his 1937 novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck explores the theme of perseverance in times of suffering—specifically in the harsh period of the Great Depression—through ‘Crooks,’ Lennie, and Candy’s hopes of an American Dream. The men, who are characterized as “bindle stiffs—a nigger an’ a dum-dum and a lousy
Lennie keeping the dream alive. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck writes the best laid plans of mice and men can and do, go wrong. They are doomed from the start because of Lennie’s fatal flaw, he is developmentally disabled and therefore incapable of bringing the dream come true, but his ingenuity also allows him and George to pursue the dream. Lennie’s innocence permits George to believe they can reach the dream. Lennie likes to hear about it so much that he thinks it will come true
Are all men created equal? Are they able to reach the same goals as their colleagues? Is anything ever equal? Of Mice and Men, a novella by John Steinbeck, is the story of George and Lennie, two men who are trying to make money to buy land in order to start a ranch. However, Lennie becomes an occasional obstruction because of his mental disability. He gets in trouble once in a while because he doesn’t know his own limits. In order to make money, they start working at a ranch and meet others who are
unable to provide for their families. Through analyzing John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, we grasp what the struggle for the American Dream really is. George, Lennie, and Candy crafted a divine plan to obtain their own little patch of heaven, where they would “live on the fatta the lan” (Steinbeck 56). However, through subtle events, and terrible predicaments forced upon the characters by external forces, their search for the American Dream became the reality of an American Nightmare. George is
Of Mice and Men “Man is the only kind of varmint that sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.”- John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is a classic novella about two men, George and Lennie who dream of owning a farm. By writing this, Steinbeck suggests that the American dream cannot come true. The “American Dream” is often defined by the person projecting the dream, and typically the dreamer desires a form of untarnished happiness, allowing the character freedom to make
Shupp English 9-Honors 5 October 2015 The American Dream in Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men, by American author John Steinbeck, is a novel set in California during the Great Depression. The story the lows of the Great Depression era, while profiling two companions, Lennie and George. The classic novel takes American ideals and puts them into the context of the time period. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck demonstrates how unattainable the American dream - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and