Essay On The American Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
There was a lot of examples of the American dream but consequently most of the time the dream did not happen for example Curley's wife, Lennie, and Candy. All of their dreams were killed, literally for two of them.
Lennie's American dream was to tend to his own rabbits, but that was spoiled. His dream was shattered because he was killed, he was killed because George his best friend killed him. Some people say he had to kill him and others say he shouldn't of killed him, George killed Lennie because Lennie killed Curley's wife but not on purpose but George killed lennie on purpose to make it so he wouldn't have to suffer to Curley shooting him in the guts.
Curleys wifes American dream was to be a famous actor. She met a guy at a dance and started to really want to be an actor but it never said anything about her trying to do this. Her dream didn't come true for a few reasons but the number one reason was Lennie killed her he did not kill her on purpose but he did kill her. Curley's wife was kind of hated around the bunkhouse on page 81 Crooks yelled at …show more content…
her that no one wanted her to be there. Slim also called her names to George as well, that is why Curley's wife's American dream was not completed it also seemed that she was never even close to being accomplished.
Candys American dream was to be able to work, he over heard Lennie and George talking about their farm.
He took the opportunity and jumped in and offered to pay most of the barn as long as he could work, if he could tend to the garden and also do the house work. Candys American dream was depending on Lennie and George therefore if something bad happened to one of them then it probably wouldn't of come true, sadly for Candy Lennie killed Curley's wife but not on purpose after Lennie killed Curley's wife Candy's dream and Lennie's dreams both died because Lennie was killed and so was Candy's dream.
In Of Mice and Men there were a lot of examples of the American dream, and how those dreams did not happen there were other dreams to like crooks dream to play cards in the bunkhouse. For those examples those are the reasons why in Of Mice and Men there were American dreams and they were shot
down.
Lennie's American dream was to tend to his own rabbits, but that was spoiled. His dream was shattered because he was killed, he was killed because George his best friend killed him. Some people say he had to kill him and others say he shouldn't of killed him, George killed Lennie because Lennie killed Curley's wife but not on purpose but George killed lennie on purpose to make it so he wouldn't have to suffer to Curley shooting him in the guts.
Curleys wifes American dream was to be a famous actor. She met a guy at a dance and started to really want to be an actor but it never said anything about her trying to do this. Her dream didn't come true for a few reasons but the number one reason was Lennie killed her he did not kill her on purpose but he did kill her. Curley's wife was kind of hated around the bunkhouse on page 81 Crooks yelled at …show more content…
her that no one wanted her to be there. Slim also called her names to George as well, that is why Curley's wife's American dream was not completed it also seemed that she was never even close to being accomplished.
Candys American dream was to be able to work, he over heard Lennie and George talking about their farm.
He took the opportunity and jumped in and offered to pay most of the barn as long as he could work, if he could tend to the garden and also do the house work. Candys American dream was depending on Lennie and George therefore if something bad happened to one of them then it probably wouldn't of come true, sadly for Candy Lennie killed Curley's wife but not on purpose after Lennie killed Curley's wife Candy's dream and Lennie's dreams both died because Lennie was killed and so was Candy's dream.
In Of Mice and Men there were a lot of examples of the American dream, and how those dreams did not happen there were other dreams to like crooks dream to play cards in the bunkhouse. For those examples those are the reasons why in Of Mice and Men there were American dreams and they were shot
down.