Failure Of The American Dream In 'Of Mice And Men'

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Naidely Pacheco Ms. Krzewski American Literature 21 February, 2018 Of Mice and Men Essay John Steinbeck is a famous American is a famous American author. He wrote many books that take place in the Salinas River during the Great Depression. His most famous book, Of Mice and Men talks about the failure of the American Dream. John Steinbeck uses George, Curley’s Wife, and Crooks to show the failure of the American Dream. First, John Steinbeck uses George to show the failure of the American Dream. George is a small, quick, dark of face, with strong features type of guy. He is a Migrant Worker that just moved away from his town Weed and is looking for a new job. In the story, George and his friend Lennie had ran away from Weed, that …show more content…

Curley’s wife is a beautiful woman she’s the wife of the bosses son and is often lonely because she’s the only woman in the ranch, so she talks with the other guys, and is always looked at as “trouble”. She goes into the barn one day and sees Lennie in there, it's just the two of them, she never has no one to talk to so she begins to tell Lennie about her dream. On page 88 Curley’s Wife says, “ I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol’ lady wouldn’t let me. She says because i was only fifteen. This proves that her dream failed because her mom probably hid the letter and she got married to Curley. As we go into the story, while Curley’s wife is with Lennie in the barn and she tells her about her dream, she tells Lennie to touch her hair she grabs his hand and puts it on her head. Lennie loves to touch soft things so he starts doing it harder and harder so she start freaking out and screams. As Lennie tries to cover her mouth, he breaks her neck and she dies. This proves the American Dream will fail because this shows that anything can happen even when things are going right they can go wrong at anytime and then either you or the dream

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