Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

“Everything you say and do is having an impact on others” (Barry Manilow Quotes). George has been impacting Lennie’s life ever since they were young, and he bossed him around. George tells Lennie what to do before they left to go to work at the ranch to make sure Lennie doesn’t do anything that could ruin their chances of achieving their dream, which later they added Candy to their group to get more money and help to make it happen. In the end, Lennie killed Curley’s wife, so George had to kill him to prevent him from suffering and because he believed that their dream was never going to happen due to the accident. George’s dream of being his own boss with his own farm impacts Lennie, Candy, and Curley’s wife both positively and negatively by

His desire made him seem very materialistic. In the story, George and Lennie both demonstrated their hope for the dream farm. Candy eavesdropped on George and Lennie’s little dream. After acknowledging it, Candy started to develop hope. Since he’s elderly and he lost his hand in an accident, Candy is depicted to be useless and weak. Candy often worries about being fired; thus, causing him to seize this opportunity and work with George and Lennie. Candy also offered to share all of his life savings. Candy also views the dream as freedom from his concerns. I believe he was too attached to the dream. Even after Lennie killed Curley’s wife unintentionally, Candy still wishes that George will purchase the farm with Candy. He also curses Curley’s wife for ruining his dream of the farm: “You God damn tramp! You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad.” (Steinbeck, 132). Therefore, I disliked Candy’s strong desire for the dream farm and his

Crushed Dreams Dreams make life worth fighting for, making it seem that even a glimmer of hope will change reality. Though the choices made along the way to a long-desired dream can alter the outcome. Concluding to a broken and heartbreaking shattered dream. In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, due to Lennie’s reckless behavior, his dream of owning a ranch full of rabbits was forever crushed.

Candy was a man of his word and would do what he could to help out, when Candy heard about Lennie and George wanting to save up and go buy their own ranch and have their own animals Candy was starting to have hope for the future and asked if he could join in, and George replied to Candy, “you got nothing to do with us” (59). Candy talked George into letting him on the plan when he told them how much money he had saved up. He was a nice guy that rarely had anyone because of how old he was, he got along very well with Lennie because they both seemed to be the outsiders in many situations. Only having one hand takes away from many of Candy’s strengths and being able to do much work on the farm, he used to work around the ranch with his dog, he mostly works on cleaning after his incident. Candy’s dog was his best friend before Slim shot him for being smelly and old, the dog being taken away from him put him in a bad place because he felt lonely and useless.

In Of Mice and Men, the hopes and dreams of the men on the ranch are a continuous focus and theme throughout the novel. John Steinbeck portrays the effects that dreams, or lack of them, have on the lives of the characters and the outcome of the novel. Steinbeck uses the concept of dreams at once to show hope and aspiration, as they invoke companionship with united determination for a better future, and to illustrate the difficulties of survival, with unrealised dreams illuminating the dark despair of society at that time.

If George left Lennie, then he would have achieved his dream because he would not have any struggle within himself regarding Lennie. It must be harsh on a man who is stuck with someone who, “can't keep a job and lose me ever’ job I get” (Steinbeck 11). George has to move from place to place looking for a job because Lennie keeps messing up. He has to contemplate if he should

When Candy had heard George and Lennie talk about the dream of owning the farm. Candy starts to ask how much is the place you found. George worries about telling Candy the details but Candy then offers something I don’t think George expects. “I ain’t good with on’y one hand. I lost my hand right here on this ranch. That’s why they gave me a job swampin’. An’ they give me two hundred an’ fifty dollars ‘cause I los’ my hand. An’ I got fifty more saved up right in the bank, right now. Tha’s three hundred, and I got fifty more comin’ the end a the month. Tell you what------” He pauses and eagerly leans in. “S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some. How’d that be?” After George explains how it was always planned to just be him and Lennie. Candy stops him and says “I’d make a will an’ leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, ‘cause I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing. You guys got any money? Maybe we could do her right now?” (Steinbeck 59). Candy explains how he would help buy the place. He said he would leave a will stating that he would leave his share of the land to Lennie and George if he dies. He was very open to adjusting his offer. He said he would help around the land. He would live with them, he would cook, and he would tend to the chicks. He really seems like he would help them no matter what. He was kind of eager to jump in right then and there and buy the place. Candy also explains how he isn’t the best help to have around but he would pitch in what he has, he would work around the land as much as he can, and leave the land to the men when he

Understanding just how important security is to his own future, Candy hopes he can tempt George with his life’s savings and seal the deal when he mentions he had no living relatives to either help him or benefit from his death. Scared and embarrassed, Candy never comes straight out and admits how ageism has affected him, but he does express his feelings of fear and his desire to feel like he belongs when he comments to George, “They’ll can me purty soon. Just as soon as I can’t swamp out no bunkhouses…” (60). Without any family or friends, without a job or any money, Candy latches on to the idea of owning land together: “An’ it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us” (58). Unfortunately, since Candy is much older than the other ranch workers, he often feels left out and lonely amongst a group of young, healthy men. Despite his insecurities, Candy still wants to contribute something to society to help provide him with a sense of purpose and to help make him feel like someone still needs him.

Old Candy overhears George and Lennie’s conversation about their dreamland farm and asks to join them. George finally lets Candy join in on their dream of living off the fatta land after Candy offers to contribute his savings. Now also becoming Candy’s dream, Candy is deeply disappointed when he learns that the dream will forever be a dream after Lennie killed Curley’s wife. Unable to accept the reality, Candy expresses his disappointment by blaming Curley’s wife. He lets out his anger as he says, ““you God damn tramp”…“You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up. … “I could of hoed in the garden and washed dishes for them guys.” (47). On the other hand, Candy is not the only character that has to painfully deal with the failure of attaining their

From a young age each person has been conditioned to have goals and a plan for where their life is headed. The purpose of this is to be successful in one’s lifetime. However man’s plans often go awry. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck proves that dreams and goals are pointless and having them leads to false hope, hindering one’s ability to focus on their current situation. Throughout the book there are many instances of characters’ dreams and desires being presented and never being fulfilled. One example that is ongoing in the story is Lennie’s wish to take care of some rabbits, “‘I remembered about the rabbits, George.’ ‘The hell with the rabbits. That’s all you can remember is them rabbits” (Steinbeck 5). Steinbeck reveals that Lennie’s only true interest is taking care of rabbits because that is all he can remember and wants to talk about. But he never gets to take care of rabbits since George kills him, “Lennie begged, ‘Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.’ ‘Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.’ And George raised the gun and steadied it. . . He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). Lennie’s dream ties into the larger dream that George, Lennie and later, Candy have to own an area of land and no longer being migrant workers. Earlier in the book, they feel their plan setting into place, “They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about” (Steinbeck 61). However, they don’t heed

Steinbeck write about the dream to give trust in a miserable society while the dream may never be achieved , Of Mice and Men advise that with the end goal life should be full and important, it must contain dreams. George and Lennie never achieved their dream, however, the dream holds their wonderful relationship together. The dream gives them live,

Dreams drive people to accomplish goals and live the life they want to, even if it means doing something that you won't normally do to make that dream come true. Dreams are the central idea and main theme in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. both George Milton and Lennie Smalls have the same dream of owning a place on a farm all to themselves and try to make their dream come true despite some big issues they encounter.

Dreams Grace percha 11/22/16 4th hour #12 How often do you think about your dreams? Dreams affect people's lives in many different ways. They can either have a huge impact or the slightest impact you don't even notice that the difference. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men dreams are the forces that keep Lennie and George together and allow them to block out reality as they live there hopeful lives together.

Hopes and dreams can be very important for peoples’ needs and survival. In Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men, each of the main characters is driven by their hopes and dreams; it provides a sense of motivation and animation to each of their being. From Lennie and George being driven by their hopes and dreams of owning a farm, to Curley’s wife’s dreams of becoming an actress, having dreams plays an essential role in giving hope to the characters of Steinbeck’s story. Although dreams and hopes are essential themes in Steinbeck’s story, in a sense, Steinbeck does seem to emphasize that dreams are not meant to be achieved, and that there are other factors that are essential for survival. I believe Steinbeck included their dreams to give

Many people have dreams. Some of them achieve these dreams while others give up on them for various reasons. In the book “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck, George, Lennie have a dream of owning their own ranch their dreams were crushed because: Lennie doesn't know how to stop using his strength, lennie killed Curley's wife, and the incident in weed. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie hope to achieve their dream of owning a ranch by working together with Candy, but their dream is completely destroyed when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife.