Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

George and Lennie are two ranch hands who share a dream - to live off of the “fatta the lan’”. They are accepted to work at a ranch and meet the inhabitants and fellow workers. After getting to know them better, George goes to town with the men in their cabin while Lennie gets to know Crooks and Curley’s wife, whom he accidentally kills. After that, George is forced to join the men to hunt down Lennie, and soon after isolates Lennie and gives him a blissful goodbye. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a good example of how dreams are purposeful in one’s life - but once destroyed, it destroys the dreamer, too. Firstly, George and Lennie’s dream of owning land and a house of their own is what keeps them going. Unfortunately, George and Lennie have deluded themselves into thinking that their dream is going to come true. For instance, throughout the story, Lennie is repeatedly asking George to reiterate what their future will someday be. “Come on, George. Tell me. Please George. Like you done before” (Steinbeck, 13). After repeating this cycle so many times, it has become reassuring to them both, knowing that someday the two will be sheltered from the inhospitable world around them. “‘With us it ain’t like

For example, Candy is wallowing in pain because his dream is ruined. He desperately latched onto the fantasy that was George and Lennie’s dream, in vital need of something to believe in, and now that it’s been shattered, the memory of it only brings him anguish. Furthermore, there are George and Lennie- “Tell how it’s gonna be…’ (105) ‘Le’s get that place now. ‘Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta”’ (106). George goes out of his way, scraping his time, and tells Lennie how they could almost see their dream land across the river. This is his last gift to Lennie before he has to kill him, even though, at this point, their dream is not possible anymore, it’s destroyed- but Lennie isn’t aware of