Lennie's Dream

People live their lives with dreams in mind throughout everything they do, turning those dreams into goals that many do not ever succeed at. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, it is shown that dreams have the power to rule a person's life, through Lennie relying on George on the idea of their dream, and George and Lennie only working in hopes to fulfill their dreams. The simple thought of their dream was enough for Lennie to rely, and be controlled by George, because they believed in the power of the dream so strongly throughout the book. “Not us! An why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you… someday- we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a house and some acres…” (Steinbeck, 14).
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world… they don’t belong no place, they come to a ranch and work for a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake… with us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got someone to talk to that give a damn about us.” (Steinbeck, 13). Them being different than the other men they should be just like helps to show how that one small dream had the power to make them believe in themselves enough to categorize themselves as different. This shows the power of their dream was able to give them unrecognizable self-confidence and self-worth, keeping them going. The end of the quote shows how they truly care for eachother, and how George truly wants to help Lennie which helps to prove that they are only working, and living the lives they were to fulfil their dreams. It proves the power of a dream through George and Lennie connecting themselves and their friendship to fulfilling their dreams, and goals together. Dreams have the power to control a person’s life, as shown in Of Mice and Men by: John Steinbeck, when George and Lennie only worked in hopes to fulfil the dreams, and Lennie relying on George because of the hope within the idea of their