Lennie's Dream In Of Mice And Men

George and Lennie believe they can achieve their American dream because “‘I [George] got you [Lennie] to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.’” (Steinbeck 14). They feel like they can rely on each other and their friendship and loyalty prevent them from isolating themselves. Their presence on that ranch even changed the people around them because they were accepting of the outcasts. Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s wife all open up to them about the isolation and loneliness they feel. Candy asks George if he can join them on their dream of owning their own property. George says he will consider it but eventually denies the offer when the body of Curley's wife is found, because he realizes the dream of owning a farm with Lennie is dead. As Peter Lisca states in his article, “On Of Mice and Men” from The American Dream, “The dream of the farm originates with Lennie and it is only through Lennie, who also makes the dream impossible, that the dream has any meaning for George.” While it is clear that Lennie needs George, George needs Lennie too. Without Lennie, George loses his sense of purpose and is likely to isolate himself like all the other ranchers. The strong bond between the two of them serve to contrast the economic and social conditions at the

This is another phrase to indicate what happens in the book. A conflict that sparks the loss of the farm dream is when George describes the farmland they were going to to have to Lennie. As George talks he gives up saying”...I ain’t got time for no more…”, he stops talking and notices about how it’s just a dream and and can’t become a reality. Another conflict is after Lennie kills Curley’s wife, George and Candy talk about what to do next. Candy starts saying “You an’ me can get that little place, can’t we, George? You an’ me can go there an’ live nice can’t we George? Can’t we?’ Before George answered, Candy dropped his head and looked down at the hay. He knew. George said softly,’-I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her.’” When George says “her”he means the little piece of land they were going to own. Steinbeck's foreshadowing leads to how the characters lost faith in the dream of “A little piece of

In the beginning of the book, the two characters are sitting at the edge of a small creek. Lennie asks George to talk about what living on their own little piece of land will be like. George explains all of the things they’ll have and then stops abruptly and says, “I ain’t got time for no more.” (Doc C) George believes that they’ll never get the land some way or another and that the idea is so far fetched. This is foreshadowing that they won't get the land later in the book. Later in the story, one of their bunk mates named Crooks doesn't believe they'll get the land. He says, “ Hundreds of them. They come, an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it….” (Doc c) Crooks thinks that Lennie and George are one of those hundred men who had a dream of living on their own piece of land, but never getting it. What crooks said foreshadows the loss of the farm dream at the end of the book. John Steinbeck foreshadows the loss of the farm dream by George's and Crooks

Crooks is jealous of what George and Lennie have in a friendship. This is when Candy and Lennie is talking crooks about George's and Lennie’s dream. Next example, “‘Well jus’ forget it. I didn’t mean it. Jus’ foolin, I wouldn’ want to pace like that’”

In the beginning of the novel, George has little faith in their dream becoming a reality. Although, when George, Lennie, and Candy come up with a plan to purchase the ranch, George, and even the reader, gets their hopes up! Steinbeck foreshadows the loss of the farm dream when George tells Lennie a story about buying the ranch and what will be on it. “Lennie pleaded, ‘Come on, George. Tell me…. Like you done before….’ George’s voice became deeper… He repeated his words rhythmically…’We’re gonna… have a little house and a couple of acres… Nuts!... I ain’t got time for no more….’” ( John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Chapter 1, Doc C). George says this because he has told this story many times before, and the more he repeats the story, the less he believes it. Another example of foreshadowing used to hint they won't get the ranch is when Lennie is in Crooks’ room. Lennie tells him about the farm they are getting, but Crooks’ doesn’t believe they will actually buy it.”’.... You’re nuts,’ Crooks was scornful. ‘I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads… every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it… You guys is just kiddin’ yourself. You’ll talk about it a hell of a lot, but you won’t get no land….’” (John Steinbeck, Of

Their dream also sets George apart from the others because it means he and Lennie have a future and something to anticipate. Unlike Lennie, George does not see their dream in terms of rabbits; instead, he sees it in a practical way. Their farm will be one where they can be independent and safe and where he will not have to worry about keeping track of Lennie 's mistakes. They can be secure and in charge of their own lives. However, Lennie is the one who adds the enthusiasm because George never really believed they could swing this farm of their own. He mostly uses the story to give Lennie something to believe in for their future. Only when Candy offers

1.describe Lennie and George's dream. How is their dream representative of the dreams of migrant workers in the 1930's?

As Barry Eichengreen says, “The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.” The Great Depression was a time in American history where there was an economic dip, not only in the economy but in people’s lives as well. Most people were depressed, lonely, poor, and starving. People would walk, or drive, for miles to find work, like George and Lennie from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". George and Lennie lived in Weed, California for years until they had gotten into trouble with the authority.

I think this quote shows a lot about how much George cares for Lennie. George could easily abandon Lennie and have a much easier life. Lennie often frustrates George and makes mistakes that could get both of them in serious trouble; for example, the incident in Weed that made them have to leave.Through all of this, George never leaves Lennie. George has a big heart for Lennie and this is illustrated through his words and his actions. When George comforts Lennie it almost always leads to them speaking of their dream of owning their own land. George even promises that "When [they] get the coupla acres [he will] let [Lennie] tend the rabbits"(15). This gives Lennie something to look forward to, and that makes it seem like George made up this dream to comfort Lennie. George only speaks of the the dream when Lennie is sad; George doesn't need a farm and rabbits to be safe and have a good life. He says things

This quote shows that Lennie and George are dreaming big. Lennie wants George to explain what will happen in the near future, and how happy they will be alone without any problems. Before George shot Lennie, Lennie wanted to hear their story about how they both will soon be “living the American dream”. As quoted, “‘We’ll have a cow said George” an’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens… an’ down the flat we’ll have a… little piece of alfalfa” (chapter 6). Once again this quote by Steinbeck explains how Lennie and George dream about owning their own land.

George was the one who came up with the idea of the dream farm and he would be the one to make the dream into reality. George was a middle age farm man very caring for Lennie and very intelligent. If George didn't watch after Lennie he could go and do better things with his life but yet he still stays behind to help with Lennie. George wasn't a very big or strong man but he knew how to make the best out of every situation. I believe that the dream farm meant the most to George than to the rest of the

During the Great Depression, the Western United States was a bleak and dreary place. Much of the working population at the time were migrant workers, who worked as farmhands for wealthier farm owners. These migrant workers often suffered from terrible working conditions, and horrendously low wages. As George and Lennie drift from job to job in search of liveable conditions and steady pay, they experience the cruel reality that moving up in society is near impossible. Even when George manages to find stable occupations for he and Lennie, Lennie seems to inevitably cause a disturbance, forcing them to abscond immediately. With the strength of an ox, but the mind of a child, Lennie is an oblivious destroyer, who gets little sympathy from

For Lennie, other than his friendship with George, raising and petting the rabbits is all he really wants in life. He wants to hear George tell him over and over about their future, and the rabbit farm once they “get the jack together” for a “little house, and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and ---” “An’ have rabbits” (14) For George, owning land was freedom and happiness, “S’pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing.” “We’d just go to her,” “We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Jus’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would.” (61) George never saw the dream becoming reality until Candy offered up his savings “This thing they had never really believed in was coming true”. (60) Crooks, another worker at the ranch, was the voice of a hard reality, “I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads . . . every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it. 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.” (74) After the discovery of Curly’s wife’s dead body in the barn,, George realized his dream was over and it was confirmed when Candy had asked him. “Then -- It’s all off?”

George wants his own piece of land to make sure no one bosses him around. “‘An’ it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us. If we don’t like a guy we can say, ‘Get the hell out,’ and by god he’s got to do it.” Candy has the basic dream of getting his own piece of land to just cultivate and work on it. But yet again, George, Candy, and Lennie’s dream start to go awry even before George and Lennie arrived at the ranch due to Lennie’s mind incapacitation.

A lot of the men on the farm were lonely this dream gave some hope of getting out of the way were living. Candy and Crooks were a few that were drawn in by this dream. Crook had said “Crook called ‘Candy!’ ‘Huh?’ ‘member what I said about hoein and doin’ odd jobs’ “ (83). This shows how Crooks had volunteered himself to do the jobs that no one would want to do just so he would be apart of this dream. Candy also came in saying “s’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three fifty i’d put in.” (59) This shows you that Candy was willing to give them a lot of money to let him in on their deal. Candy again shows this with saying “I’d make a will an’ leave my share to you guys in case I kick off…” (59) Candy was literally going to give them everything to be apart of their dream. George and Lennie’s dream was an inspiration to all that heard of it and they would do anything to get into the dream the men have