Theme Of Dreams In Of Mice And Men

During the Great Depression society had lost most of everything they owned, their jobs, homes, money, even most personal belongings. Society struggled to achieve what they most needed. Dreams helped motivate all people from the lowest class to the highest. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George Milton and Lennie Small have a dream of owning a small cottage with rabbits to attend and care for. For George it was a place to keep Lennie safe from society. To readers of this novel the theme of dreams shows up in many aspects of the book, along with Candy and Curley’s wife. Motivation, hard work, reassuring ideas or talks between characters are all examples of dreams or achievements in this novel.