Hope In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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The definition of hope, a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Many people today are running out of hope. Running out of hope for our country, out of hope for peace. But some are still hanging on. Hope gives people motivation to work hard. Hope gives people a light to look on ahead to. Examples of hope motivating people can be seen in Of Mice & Men (by John Steinbeck), peaceful protests and in real world situations.
In the novel Of Mice & Men, Lennie and George have this hope of one day being able to not work for anyone and do as they please. This dream of owning a ranch. Dreams and hope go hand and hand, you can hope for a dream to come to true like George and Lennie and you can dream of having hope. George being the more responsible one knows not to let go of the reality of the situation, they are immigrant farms on the run. “The small man step nervously beside him … ‘Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night’” (Steinbeck 3). Lennie relied on George and George relied on Lennie’s hope of a ranch to keep him out of trouble. Since George had but that thought in his head, that is all Lennie thinks about. His hope sets his behavior, their “hope” keeps them going. …show more content…

False hope, inborn hope, unrealistic hope, borrowed hope, chosen hope and more. George has more of a mature hope view in Of Mice & Men because he tells the story to Lennie all the time and it acts as an escape from what’s really happening. George starts getting real hope and begins to think that their dream of being able to work for their own profit, might actually come true. But he lost his hope. Losing hope doesn’t sound like a big deal but it is. Today people are losing hope all over the world, refugees are losing hope of being able to escape their world a chaos. Some people who are jobless might lose hope of not being able to find a job. Others lose hope of conquering their addictions and fall back into a hole of

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