Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Dreams are what make life tolerable and what makes one stronger through the tough times. Throughout one's life, there will be certain individuals that doubt another’s ability to achieve their dream because they have lost hope in themselves. It is so easy for people to fall into a hole of misery that is so deep and painful, that they will never gain the strength to pull themselves out. An individual should never be pushed by their problems but be led by their dreams. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, clearly demonstrates the importance of dreams to living a fulfilled life. This can be shown through the experiences of the characters George and Lennie, Crooks, and through Curley's Wife. In the novel Of Mice and Men, Lennie is a strong migrant …show more content…

Being automatically judged by society for the color of his skin, Crooks outlook on life is nothing short of pessimistic. While working on the ranch, Crooks is isolated from the other men which made him feel very much disempowered, causing him to developed a bitter attitude. Crooks turned his vulnerability into a weapon to attack those who were even weaker than himself. “Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’... Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their head. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head” (Steinbeck 74). Readers understand from this that Crooks didn’t know how to have dreams for himself because other people had continuously told him that he wouldn’t amount to anything and pretty soon, he began to believe in what they were saying. c “A guy needs somebody- to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick (76).” Perhaps what Crooks wanted more than anything else was to have a sense of belonging and to be accepted by the other men, which is why he offers to help George and Lennie on their dream land so that he could have something worth living

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