Of Mice And Men Quote Analysis

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According to Lionel Messi, “You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it” (brainyquote.com). What Lionel Messi is saying in this quote is that dreams will not just be handed to that person, you need to work for them and sacrifice time and effort to reach you dream. Another idea of this quote is that there are many obstacles that are in life to prevent you from reaching your dream. People have to fight those obstacles to reach for you dream. However, in John Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men, the great american dream has been crushed. Thus, dreams can come true, but as demonstrated in John Steinbeck's’ novelette Of Mice and Men, Curley’s wife, Crook’s, and Lennie’s dream were crushed. Right off the bat, there are many characters in the story, but one of the characters that stand out the most is Crooks. The first reason why his dream is not able to come true of him being more friendly, and have more friends is his father did not let him play with the white kids when he was younger. Candy reveals to George and Lennie, “ Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him. The boss gives he** when he is mad” (Steinback 20). An explanation that would follow up on that quote is …show more content…

Curley’s wife dreamed of being an actress. When she was at a local dance she met this so call casting director. The casting director said that she would be great and said he would send her a letter about her future career. Her dream is sadly ruined when she does not get the letter, and she is killed by Lennie. The narrator reveals to the reader, “ Curley’s wife lay on her back and she was half covered in hay”(Steinbeck 92). This supports her dream being crushed is that she was killed by Lennie as an accident and her dream was crushed. Another dream crusher is she is the only woman on the ranch. To her she likes it because she is the only woman, and she has at least some

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