The American Dream- Of Mice and Men
This is a Story All About Dreams
The American Dream is a large theme on which the novella "Of Mice and Men" is based on. Each character strives to achieve their own dream, and some without realising. Dreams are very important in the novella, because without them nobody has anything to work towards and to motivate them in life. Lennie's dream is probably brought up most throughout the novella, out of all the dreams. Lennie's dream is to get 'the fatta the lan" with a small place and rabbits. Lennie spends his whole life imagining the better life he could have, because of Lennie's bad memory it's constantly brought up and we are reminded of it. Sadly Lennie's dream is never achieved. People always assume that George's dream is the same as Lennie's, but nowhere in the novella does George actually mention they share the same dream. Whenever George is telling Lennie what they'll do he uses the pronoun 'we' so it's unclear whether George has the same dream as Lennie or if he's just saying it to keep Lennie satisfied. Crooks is a very isolated character in the novella. As he is black and the only coloured man in Soledad he is discriminated against. Although he was born in California, the other men on the ranch still call him a 'Niger' and a 'Negro'. He has to live in a separate room to the bunk house and is not allowed in there to socialise or play cards because the other men, 'they say I [he] stinks" As Crooks has been isolated and treated so badly for so long he no longer accepts charity and turns away people who try to care and talk to him. He also no longer believes in wishes or dreams and tells Lennie " Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'...and nobody gets no land" which proves his disbelief in the reality of dreams. Although Crooks lets himself slip at one point and admits he could imagine him pleasantly hoeing a patch of garden on Lennie's farm one day. Curley's wife is the only character to have had her dream vaguely accessible at one point. However
The American Dream is a large theme on which the novella "Of Mice and Men" is based on. Each character strives to achieve their own dream, and some without realising. Dreams are very important in the novella, because without them nobody has anything to work towards and to motivate them in life. Lennie's dream is probably brought up most throughout the novella, out of all the dreams. Lennie's dream is to get 'the fatta the lan" with a small place and rabbits. Lennie spends his whole life imagining the better life he could have, because of Lennie's bad memory it's constantly brought up and we are reminded of it. Sadly Lennie's dream is never achieved. People always assume that George's dream is the same as Lennie's, but nowhere in the novella does George actually mention they share the same dream. Whenever George is telling Lennie what they'll do he uses the pronoun 'we' so it's unclear whether George has the same dream as Lennie or if he's just saying it to keep Lennie satisfied. Crooks is a very isolated character in the novella. As he is black and the only coloured man in Soledad he is discriminated against. Although he was born in California, the other men on the ranch still call him a 'Niger' and a 'Negro'. He has to live in a separate room to the bunk house and is not allowed in there to socialise or play cards because the other men, 'they say I [he] stinks" As Crooks has been isolated and treated so badly for so long he no longer accepts charity and turns away people who try to care and talk to him. He also no longer believes in wishes or dreams and tells Lennie " Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'...and nobody gets no land" which proves his disbelief in the reality of dreams. Although Crooks lets himself slip at one point and admits he could imagine him pleasantly hoeing a patch of garden on Lennie's farm one day. Curley's wife is the only character to have had her dream vaguely accessible at one point. However