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Comparing The American Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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I am discussing how in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie focus on the false reality of the American Dream rather than realizing the importance of companionship.
The relationship between the two men is unusual because most farmers were lonely while George and Lennie have each other
George thinks that his life would be easier without Lennie but Lennie is obsessed with an idea of comraderie.
Whoever seems to achieve success, associated with the American Dream, is scrutinized, it is usually found that even though it portrays as if they have obtained so much, something still feels unaccomplished.
Fellowship is necessary to keep farmers such as Lennie and George centered on the American Dream.
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Jay Gatsby is the perfect embodiment of the American Dream, however he never obtains what he truly wants.
Jay never found a satisfying form of work.
He found Dan Cody. Dan Cody’s extravagant lifestyle was mesmerizing to Gatz, inspiring James to turn his life. Gatsby’s rags-to-riches tale ironically ends before he can realize his one true dream of obtaining Daisy.
Gatsby obsessively stares at Daisy’s mansion across the river, when suddenly, a bullet is shot into his chest.
Lennie, from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, looked out into the mountains and rivers, where he always wanted a farm, until he was tragically shot from behind at the hand of George’s gun.
While several people became successful in material wealth, it was far from what each person considered their true goal.
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Carnegie and Rockafeller are the chosen ones because they know how to munipulate wealth and take resources from other people.
Robber barons are the fittest of society and people who worked in factories and farms were considered to be “less fit” in

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