We all have dreams. Some of us hope to become the CEO of an important company. Others aspire to fundraise for causes close to their heart. Still more simply want a kind and loving family. Regardless of the dream, for most of us, we are driven by it. The dream motivates us to strive to greater lengths and push ourselves to fulfill it. Yet according to author John Steinbeck, no matter how hard we push ourselves, how much we believe in the dream, we will never be able to fulfill it. In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, dreams recur throughout the story, showing how although everyone needs a dream to imagine and motivate them, in the end, dreams are too idealistic for the far harsher real world, forcing everyone to settle for less perfect futures. Every single person needs a dream to imagine and to motivate them. This is shown when Candy and George contemplate their future plans. “[Candy said,] “It’ll be on our own place, an’ I’ll be let to work on our own place… I’ll have thirty dollars more comin’, time you guys is ready to quit.” George stood up. “We’ll do her,” he said. “We’ll fix up that little old place an’ we’ll go live there.” He sat down again. They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely …show more content…
She says, “I never got that letter [...] I always thought my ol’ lady stole it. Well, I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself, an’ where they stole your letters, I ast her if she stole it, too, an’ she says no. So I married Curley. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night…. I don’ like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.” Although Curley’s wife had a dream, it never came true Despite the natural talent and work she had put into her dream, she, too, had to resign herself to a life of misery and disappointment. This clearly shows Steinbeck’s message that dreams are too idealistic for the real