Comparing The American Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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The American Dream has been an ongoing fantasy for years. It is a never ending want to achieve something greater that can never truly be grasped. The American Dream has been altered and changed for generations. It has been portrayed to many as unreachable. The characters throughout Mice and Men face struggle with facing these tough realities. The era that Steinbeck’s book took place, has a few similarities, but many more differences to that of the Modern Era.
The American Dream portrayed throughout Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” was very hard to achieve. Many lost everything due to the hardships of the Great Depression. George and Lennie were two hardworking men who went from one job to the next trying get money in order to get food …show more content…

They weren’t allowed to do specific jobs and didn’t have the same rights as men. Curley’s wife's in the book Of Mice and Men, seemed like a major flirt to all of the men. Little did they know that she was just very lonely being stuck in the house all of the time . The first part of Curley’s wife’s American Dream was to be treated equally. On page 82 it states, “I get lonely, she said. You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” This quote from the book shows that Curley’s wife’s indeed doesn’t have the same rights because she doesn’t have the freedom of speech. The rest of Curley’s wife’s American Dream was to become a famous movie star. By doing this people would look up to her and she would have everything that she could ever dream of. On page 84 it states, “Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes - all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of me.” Curley’s wife’s wanted so bad to become a famous movie star and get the whole package that came along with it, however her American Dream was …show more content…

In just 2 short years, I will be heading off to college. I want to get several scholarships that will help make the big cost more affordable for my parents and I. Getting these scholarships will make my life easier because I won’t have to worry and deal with paying off a huge amount of college debt that can be very depressing.The second part of my American Dream is my future income and job. My passion would be to open up my own Daycare/Preschool that will allow me to work with little children, as well as use my strengths of organization and creativity. By doing this I will be enjoying something I love, all while making a income to support my future family. I believe that having the opportunity to choose my future career, that I would like to pursue is a huge part of the American Dream because in the end, I will be happy and satisfied. This is very different to George and Lennie. Their American Dream of income never became a true reality. They were very close with the help of Candy, but couldn’t truly grasp onto the opportunity. They didn’t get to choose a place to work, instead they had to take whatever was in front of them in order to survive the tough times of the Great

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