Importance Of Dreams In Of Mice And Men

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Dreams are very important for everyone including the characters from the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The main characters George and Lennie have a dream about buying a piece of land and farming there. Another character who has a dream is Curley's wife who wants to be famous and get attention. The last character with a dream is Crooks who wants to be treated equally. Dreams are the reasons people and the characters from Of Mice and Men work hard and long. George and Lennie have a dream to go and buy some land which helps morale them through tough times. This is shown in the book on page 105 when George starts talking about the dream right before he is forced to shoot Lennie. In the text on page 105 George said “we gonna get a little

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