Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

What is the importance of dreams in Of Mice and Men? What role do they play in people’s lives? How do people use dreams, and how to various characters’ dreams affect them?

Ever since the beginning of the twentieth century America has fascinated people from all over the world to move and to begin a new life. For many people living in America was a chance for a better opportunity and experiencing new things. They all had something in common and that is a dream. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lenny and George spent their lives migrating from one farm to another in order to obtain a stable life. They have no family and have an unsuccessful past; they try to see and reach their opportunities for a better life out there and believe that it can be done over hard work. Unfortunately, George and Lenny don’t accomplish their version of the dream; but with this journey the audience learns that a better life

Have you ever had a dream that you have been really committed to? Has something or someone ever stopped you short of that or any dream of yours? These questions are quite relevant to the main characters in the selections Of Mice and Men and “Only Daughter”. Of Mice and Men is a well-known story by John Steinbeck that tells the tale of two travel companions, George Milton and Lennie Small, as they dream and work hard to gain a small piece of land for themselves during The Great Depression, a harsh financial time. “Only Daughter” is an autobiographical essay by Sandra Cisneros about her struggles on trying to bond with her father while being impeded by her six brothers. The two selections’ main dreams are both corresponding and distinct in various ways. The dreams are also very substantial to the one who holds it. George and Lennie’s dream, in Of Mice and Men, influenced their lifestyle, behavior, and relationship between them. Sandra Cisneros’s dream, from “Only Daughter”, had an impact on the topic of her writing, her writing style, and her relationship with her father, who she has been trying to gain the approval for her writing career for many years.

with George where he can take care of rabbits. One night, before arriving at the ranch, Lennie and George camp by the Salinas River and talk about their hopes for the future. Lennie says to George, “Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits,” (14). Later in the story, Lennie is in the barn with Sometimes dreams don’t come true

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.

“The best-laid schemes o’ mice an' men / Gang aft agley” – Robert Burns. In other words, “The best-laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry”. It is believed that John Steinbeck took the title of his novel “Of Mice and Men” from this stanza from the Scots poem “To a Mouse”. The title of this novel reveals much about the story because it speaks of the plans or dreams that everyone, even mice, have. In fact, in the novel "Of Mice and Men," one of the main themes is "dreams."

Dreams, the aspiration and goal of everyone. That is why everyone is wasting their lives. Throughout this unit, we have looked at examples from both sides of this argument and in the end, it was obvious, it is not worth it to dream. While you can achieve your dream despite immense odds, it's not worth it to dream because if you blindly follow a dream you can't accomplish you can waste your life. Circumstances beyond your control can derail your dream and even if you work hard it doesn't always pay off consequently.

Ever since humanity has come into existence, the world has allowed dreams to blossom into beautiful flowers or be rejected and die like a fly swatted in a household. Each dream may end in a success or a tragedy, but it is up to the discretion of the cruel, but rewarding world humans inhabit. In the novel of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, a myriad of characters all have dreams that they passionately want to fulfill. Curley’s wife, who remains unnamed in the book, has a dream of becoming Hollywood’s biggest star. Crooks, the black stable-hand only dreams of being able to have friends and be seen as an equal to others. Lennie and George are a pair of migrant workers who want to live the American dream and have their own ranch. Each of these characters’ dreams were all torn down by the world, illustrated by Steinbeck as a cruel place where dreams cannot come true, no matter how passionate a person may be.

Dreams lead people to strive and attempt to fulfill them, even if it take them along time, or they have to do something they usually don't do. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, dreams are what make George and Lennie stay together and even if their share different reasons for having the same dream, they still share the same

Dreams can have a strong, and lasting affect on people, in which can change their lives, and others lives forever. Dreams affected characters in Of Mice and Men by making Lennie strive to change his behavior, George to work hard and make important decisions, and also Candy to invest his life’s savings, and the rest of his life into the possibility of achieving their dreams. Having a dream changed the way Lennie behaved, or else he Would not have been able to tend the the rabbits if they had bought the ranch. At a point in the story, George said to Lennie “You get in trouble, you do bad things and I got to get you out. ”(SteinBeck 11)

The reason they are running away, looking for a place to stay is because Lennie grabbed a woman’s soft dress and wouldn’t let go. They had to run away so they wouldn’t get in trouble from the incident. Lennie says, “ An’ have rabbits. Go on George! Tell me what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it” (Steinbeck 14). Lennie is explaining what their dream farm will be like. As he explains the farm, you can tell how excited he gets talking about it. As the story moves on, George makes Lennie’s dream unreachable. Steinbeck explains, “Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering” (Steinbeck 106). George shoots Lennie in the back of the head because he killed Curley’s wife. Curley was mad at Lennie and wanted to kill him but as his friend, George did it so it would be less painful. Steinbeck uses Lennie to prove the failure of the American Dream.

A Dream can be defined in as an ideal. The American dream is to be

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.

Dreams in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck A dream can be described as an ambition or the aspiration to reach a goal in life. In the novel "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck creates characters to have an optimistic dream. These dreams are ones which they would all like to make a reality. They all have a longing and desire to fulfil their dreams.