In the book “Of Mice and Men” by john Steinbeck explores a theme of dreams that don't come true. George and Lennie's dream of owning their own land doesn't come true because George killed Lennie. Curley's wife's dream didn't come true because her mom hid the letter she was supposed to get from the actor and she ended up getting married to Curley.
This theme of dreams not coming true reminds me of how my mom had the dream of becoming a firefighter. She didn't because she had me an my brother and sister to take care of and didn't have anyone to watch us.
Of Mice and Men is the story of two men, Lennie and George, who have been kicked out of their town because of an incident. While they dream of owning their own home one day, they make a living by traveling to different farms to work for $50 dollars a month. While at the recent farm, Lennie accidentally kills the bosses son's wife when she discovered that he had killed a pup by taking it away from his momma. Lennie runs back to the forest where George told him to wait if anything happened, and the rest of the workers convince George to shoot Lennie, because he's mentally ill, can't take care of himself, and has to rely on George to survive, and George can't take care of him forever.
Slim is described always in terms of dignity and majesty. When he first comes into the bunkhouse, he moves "with a majesty achieved only by royalty and master craftsmen. He was a jerk-line skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders." Slim is present at every crucial times in the story: the death of Candy's dog, the smashing of Curley's hand, finding the body of Curley's wife, at the pool after George has shot Lennie. In each case, there is violence or the threat of it. Each time Slim helps make the assessment to do what is merciful or what is right. The people that populate this novel are mostly all poor and desperate