How Steinbeck portrays two characters whose dreams have been crushed.
Of Mice and Men is full of characters whose dreams have been crushed. Write about how Steinbeck portrays two of them.
Wednesday 4th December 2013
The novel is set in 1930s America, the years of the Great Depression. Many people at the time had so many similar dreams, mainly of having homes and families. These dreams were extremely important for people living in the 1930s America, because many people lost what they have because of the Great Depression in hopes of getting those things back.
Curley’s wife was one of the many people in the story of who had dreams they wanted to accomplish. Her dream was that she “coulda been in the movies” and lived a better life. The word ‘coulda’ shows that maybe she was trying to show herself, as well as Lennie, that she did really have a chance at becoming what she’s always dreamed of, however, it could also mean that she didn’t have any other chances like that. I think Steinbeck wanted the reader to think that she was telling Lennie, that her one chance of becoming what she wanted had disappeared. Steinbeck wanted to show us how different, yet similar dreams were in the 1930s, because people really just wanted to have a good lifestyle. The reader may think that Curley’s wife, is quite a confident character, in thinking that her dream was to actually come true. People reading about Curley’s wife today, will feel quite sorry for her, because of the lack of realism in her dream, however, people reading ‘Of Mice and Men’ in the 1930s will feel as though they understand her situation, and they may have felt a little bit sympathetic, however, not as much as the readers today. Curley’s wife has no chance of her dream coming true, because dreams like hers, usually never come true. She has chosen her life in a ranch, to be married to a man that she doesn’t love, yet I think that she is still trying to convince not only the readers, but herself mostly, that her dream can come true.
Another character with a dream, just as
Wednesday 4th December 2013
The novel is set in 1930s America, the years of the Great Depression. Many people at the time had so many similar dreams, mainly of having homes and families. These dreams were extremely important for people living in the 1930s America, because many people lost what they have because of the Great Depression in hopes of getting those things back.
Curley’s wife was one of the many people in the story of who had dreams they wanted to accomplish. Her dream was that she “coulda been in the movies” and lived a better life. The word ‘coulda’ shows that maybe she was trying to show herself, as well as Lennie, that she did really have a chance at becoming what she’s always dreamed of, however, it could also mean that she didn’t have any other chances like that. I think Steinbeck wanted the reader to think that she was telling Lennie, that her one chance of becoming what she wanted had disappeared. Steinbeck wanted to show us how different, yet similar dreams were in the 1930s, because people really just wanted to have a good lifestyle. The reader may think that Curley’s wife, is quite a confident character, in thinking that her dream was to actually come true. People reading about Curley’s wife today, will feel quite sorry for her, because of the lack of realism in her dream, however, people reading ‘Of Mice and Men’ in the 1930s will feel as though they understand her situation, and they may have felt a little bit sympathetic, however, not as much as the readers today. Curley’s wife has no chance of her dream coming true, because dreams like hers, usually never come true. She has chosen her life in a ranch, to be married to a man that she doesn’t love, yet I think that she is still trying to convince not only the readers, but herself mostly, that her dream can come true.
Another character with a dream, just as