Of Mice And Men Candy's Dream

George although seemingly ‘Casual’ and ‘Uninterested’ listens to Candy’s opinions without seeing an old crippled man, pleasing Candy. The other men rarely take Candy’s views into consideration; this is true of the death of his dog, which was ultimately Slims decision. Candy is subservient

The 1785 poem To a Mouse by Robert Burns inspired the title of John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice and Men. These two texts carry common theme, allowing clear similarities to be drawn between them.

‘Of Mice And Men' by John Steinbeck is a classic novel, tragedy, written in a social tone. The authorial attitude is idyllic, however, as the story develops it changes into skeptic. It is evident that Steinbeck knew the setting and places he is writing about.

The poem “To a Mouse” says, “The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew.” This sentence could not be more true for the characters in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Overall, George and Lennie went to a ranch to work because Lennie got them in trouble at their last job. At the ranch, Lennie causes more anxiety after he breaks Curley’s hand, kills a puppy, and kills Curley’s wife. Consequently, this misfortune led to the loss of the dreams of George, Lennie, Candy, and Curley’s wife. Steinbeck’s foreshadowing signaled about the scenes later in the book including the deaths of George and Lennie’s farm dream, Curley’s wife, and Lennie.

Candy is a worker at the Ranch, he is very old and lost his hand in an accident working at the Ranch which lead to him becoming the cleaner. Candy overheards George and Lennie discussing their dream and joins them, as he can help cover the dream financially “I ain‘t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden“ Candy‘s dream is not to do as much with property but more to do with friendship and to have an easy life with minimal work.Candy found companionship with his dog on the ranch, Candy’s dog used to herd sheep on the ranch however it was now very old. Candy’s fellow workers on the ranch persuaded him to shoot the dog as he was no use on the ranch, ‘The old man squirmed uncomfortably “Well-Hell! I had him so long.

“But mouse, you are not alone,... The best laid schemes of mice and men often go askew”(To a Mouse, by Robert Burns). This poems is where Steinbeck got the inspiration for the title of his novel, Of Mice and Men. He uses this poem becuase it talks about plans, and how they often don’t turn out the way you plan. He uses this title to keep readers interested about what may happen throughout the story.

“Of Mice and Men,” a novel written by John Steinbeck, and “To a Mouse,” a poem written by Robert Burns, are similar not just by coincidence. Though 152 years apart in age, evidence of the poem’s influence is easily seen in Steinbeck’s work. The most notable influence is the title, of course, which is directly taken from a quote in the poem. Though this instance is quite apparent, the influence doesn’t stop there. “Of Mice and Men” and “To a Mouse” have several similar thematic structures, including characters, plot similarities, and setting.

For the longest time they had both talked about their desire to become landowners and to grow their own crops. All Lennie wanted was to grow alfalfa to feel to his rabbits. Their shared dreams being out of reach is apparent to the reader until Candy comes into the picture. Candy, a hardworking ranch handyman comes in with a full-fledged proposal. He offers them all of the money he saved up to fund a bit of land George and Lennie had their eyes on. In return, he would like to live on the land with them. They all agree that this is what they will do and not to let anyone know. Lennie destroys this dream by accidentally crushing Curley’s wife’s spine. George, Lennie, and Candy’s dream fails to become reality because of Lennie’s ignorance and strength.

The book shares the same negative views about dreams with the poem “To a Mouse”, by Robert Burns. The poem tells the story of a mouse who has planned for survival through the winter, but his plans were ruined by a farmer who was plowing his field leaving the mouse frightened and fearing for the future. The seventh stanza includes these lines “The best laid schemes of mice and men, go oft astray, and leave us nought but grief and pain to rend our day” (Burns “To a Mouse”). This quote illustrates the fact that both the plans of mice and men will fail leaving them unhappy. The author Robert burns shows in “To a Mouse” his negative opinion directed towards achieving dreams.

Lennie, for example, becomes fixated on the dream of having a farm with George. George tells him, "we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and....a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens" (Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men 13,14). Lennie, because of his lower than normal mentality, takes George's story to be fact and just dreams of when it will happen. George's dream is essentially the same, but is based on if it will happen not when it will happen. George has to dream more realistically than Lennie. Lennie wants to "live off the fatta the lan'", but George has to determine whether they could survive or would starve. George, who looks after Lennie through the whole story, fulfills, at least in a way, Lennie's dream. At the end of the book, George describes the happy place he and Lennie will have. George seems to be describing their heaven. So, he sends Lennie to heaven -- with a gun shot to the back of the head -- to live off the fat of the land. George knows that shooting Lennie is the best thing he can do. He seems to follow Candy's words: "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to have let no stranger shoot my dog." George knows that Curly will shoot Lennie when he finds him, so, by taking his life quickly and essentially painlessly, George fulfills Lennie's dream and shows one last instant of companionship toward his friend

Dreams give a person hope, and hope makes life worth living. In Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck chooses dreams as one of his central themes. As the reader digs deeper into the story and characters, the theme of dreams expands as the novel goes on. Lennie and George held on to their dream of moving to a farm. Even though George had his doubts, he kept the dream alive for Lennie. Candy, the swamper, is a dreamer too. He wanted to escape his miserable life working on the ranch to go with George and Lennie to their dream farm. Many of the characters in the novel had dreams about their future. Lennie, George, and Candy wanted to move to a farm, and Curley’s wife wanted to be admired. All of these characters were examples of how John Steinbeck

Steinbeck did this when he put the word mice in the title of the book. Steinbeck used allusion of the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns . In the poem “To a Mouse” the mouse in the poem has plans to survive the winter but the mouse's “small house in ruin! It’s feeble walls the are scattering… And bleak December’s winds coming”. (Doc A). The mouse’s plan to live in it’s house for the winter go askew. The poem further more states that “The best laid schemes of mice and men, go often askew.” This suggests that both the plans of men and mice would go askew. Since Steinbeck chose the word mouse or mice in the title of is novel Of Mice and Men, what should we be able to foreshadow about the plans of the men or women in the

George is the logical one, always figuring out some way to keep Lennie going. Such as the beginning of the tale when he states the dream to motivate Lennie to talk about something happy. “‘O.K. Someday we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and.’ ‘Live off the fatta the land’ Lennie shouted!”(Page 14) Talking about the dream gives Lennie some “reset” button, which sets his mood back to his cheerful self. Following the short journey of George and Lennie often involves talk about the American Dream, which ends with George losing his temper. Lennie has talked about leaving, but George wants him to stay. The relationship with Lennie is a vital factor for the dream. The significance of this is that Lennie is constantly a burden to the dream and has no way contributed to it. George needed Lennie in the idea but stated that he could make it without Lennie. Nevertheless, everything George does for Lennie is for the sake of this illusion to become a reality, even if George gets no reward. Also, George has shown that trouble follows this idea and can cause an additional problem. Candy is one of the people who has joined George. “They fell silent. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they never really believed in was coming true.” (Page 60). No longer a hallucination, George has inspired Lennie and Candy to the point where they will follow him to the end of the world.

One of the major themes of John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men is that having a dream creates hope, friendship, and determination, enabling one to strive onward in life with a sense of importance. Three major examples show this idea. The first example is Candy’s loss of his dog and his joining George and Lennie 's dream of owning land. A second example is Crook’s memory of his father’s

The title Of Mice and Men comes from the poem "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns, a Scottish poet. The poem talks about a mouse's nest accidentally getting destroyed from the speaker's plough. The title is taken from this quote: "The best-laid schemes o'mice an' men gang aft agley, [often go awry] An' lea'e us nought [leave us nothing] but grief an' pain". This basically means that there will always be a time when there is suffering and death, regardless of how much "thinking men" and "unthinking" animals are. However, even though mice and men die, there is a deeper meaning in the title. Take a mouse; it does not remember nor does it think about the past or future; men, on the other hand, remember the past, present, and the future. It is probable