Of Mice And Men Symbolism

OMAM Essay

Have you ever gotten a gift that looks bad, but could have a whole other meaning? Like when you get socks from your grandma that don’t look great, but you don’t realize she hand knitted them herself. This is known as symbolism. Symbolism is “Generally, it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning.”(Literary Devices) In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, he uses symbolism to show us what the American dream looks like, and how hard it can be to achieve the dream.The American dream always starts with a vision.Take Lennie and george’s farm, for instance.
George and Lennie's farm is where their dream began. They always imagined getting that freedom of having their own farm.“Just like heaven,everybody

In the barn “Crooks could leave his things about”(Steinbeck 66-67).This quote shows that crooks didn’t have to worry about anybody touching his things. But just like George and Lennie, Crooks had a dream.But every dream must come to an end look at Lennie's hallucinations.
Lennie's hallucinations showed two things his aunt and a big rabbit.Lennie’s Dream on the farm was always to tend the rabbits. When he realized he had killed his puppy and curley's wife, he knew his dream was over. In the book the rabbit said “Tend the rabbits,you crazy bastard”(Steinbeck 101-102).This quote was implying that Lennie wasn’t fit for the job. Showing him that his dream is coming to an end.
In conclusion of this paragraph, the main points of this essay where freedom,loneliness, and the end of the dream. What is the American dream, though? Some people believe that, “Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.”(Wikipedia )Many examples in book to show how hard it is to achieve the dream.The american dream can be harder than you