Of Mice And Men Lennie's Dream

Have you ever aspired to do something, but even after much effort and dedication, it still never became reality? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, a mentally-challenged migrant worker named Lennie dreams of obtaining his own land and tending to his own rainbow-colored rabbits. But after killing his superior’s wife on the ranch, Lennie’s death is inevitable, leading to the nonfulfillment of his aspirations. After Lennie’s unfortunate, tragic death, George, Lennie’s counterpart, appears to become distraught and rather hopeless. Even though George may continue to dream about tending to his own land, George may no longer have the drive to fulfill his dream. But realistically, the dream may never have come true, even with Lennie in his life.

This could lead George to no longer yearning to fulfill his dream of tending to his own land, since he shared that aspiration with his partner Lennie. In the novel when George and Lennie discuss the lonely, meaningless life of other migrant workers, George assures Lennie that they do not have the same lowly life that the other migrant workers have. George continues by saying, “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t have to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us” (Steinbeck 14). By George saying this, he implies that they will tread through whatever comes their way together. They accomplish everything together, as well as experience hardships together. They have each other to lean on when life gets hard, unlike the other migrant workers. George emphasizes the importance and essentiality of having each other to get through life and accomplish certain things, but now that George no longer has Lennie, it can be concluded that he cannot completely accomplish the dream. Also, since the dream was shared among Lennie and George, and the plans for the execution of the dream were decided between George and Lennie, it could be concluded that George cannot fulfill the dream after Lennie’s

Though George, Lennie, and Candy had enough savings to fund their dream, the probability of the dream coming true was very low. In the novel, Crooks, a disrespected stable buck who is deprived of basic rights and necessities from the heads of the ranch, overhears Candy and Lennie discuss their plans for the future regarding the dream. Crooks eventually chimes in by explaining, “…Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head” (Steinbeck 74). Crooks implies that all migrant workers that he encounters, or even ones he doesn’t, have the same goals and aspirations as George and Lennie. He adds that even though they have their dreams of being independent and living off of their own land, they can never actually fulfill them. Since migrant workers travel alone, do not belong to a certain place, and spend the duration of their life finding work anywhere they could to earn a living, it is quite inevitable that their hunger for independence will never be satiated. Even while Lennie was alive, the odds of their dream of living off of their own land are very slim. Though they had the money to fund their dreams, according to Crooks, it would not be enough for the dream to become