Essay On Of Mice And Men American Dream

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It is a dream that many seek out to accomplish in hopes of liberty, opportunity, and equality. Families hope for the chance to buy a piece of land and use it to prosper into a new life. Some of these families prosper and achieve their dream, but unfortunately most, are left unsatisfied and never get to life this “American Dream Similarly in John Steinbeck’s compelling novel Of Mice and Men, the protagonists, George and Lennie search for this new life. During the American Depression, George and Lennie are employees on a farm in California where they meet Crooks (a discriminated stable buck). In addition to the workers, The boss’s son , Curley and his wife are introduced. All of these characters look for a better future and do not Steinbeck …show more content…

George and Lennie act as brothers. Because of Lennie’s mental disability, Geroge acts as the older brother, looking out for him and making sure that he is always okay. They have a goal that is similar to the “American Dream.” Their dream consists of "[getting] the jack together and [having] a little house and couple of acres of land..."an ' [living] off the fatta the lan '" (pg. 14). Both Lennie and George are fatigued of working for other people. They want to own their own piece of land and live the rest of their life feeling protected and free. The are looking for a place to bond and take care of animals together, like brothers. They seek the very common “ American Dream.” Sadly, the novel takes place during the Depression, making their dream all that more impossible. As well as the dream being during the Great Depression, by killing Lennie, the dream of the farm is killed. George tells Lennie that he “ can’t screw up again.” Lennie does not know his own strength which results in him murdering many innocent animals. As the novel progresses, George and Lennie become closer to accomplishing their dream. The belief that it can happen is so close that it is almost durable. Lennie ruins this dream by innocently killing Curley’s wife. This ruins the dream and it is revealed officially when George is talking to Slim, George reveals that "--[he] [thought] [he] knowed from the very first. [he] [thought] [he] knowed we 'd never do her. He musta liked to hear about it so much [he] got to thinking maybe we would." George realizes once Lennie kills Curleyś wife that the dream was not real. He always told Lennie that the dream was real to make him happy and persuade him to not do bad things, but once he realized that Lennie would never learn after his mistakes he knew the dream was gone. In the end, he kills Lennie to ensure that he can die in pleasure. Goerge most likely

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