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Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Dreams are an organic desire that every human being has in this life. In the modern world success is measured by many different units. One of those units is the achievement of dreams. In John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men the author uses the dialogue between characters throughout the novella to conclude that dreams are indeed a desire and are not always fulfilled. To illustrate to readers that dreams are not always accomplished, Steinbeck uses the dialogue between George and Lennie that lays out their dreams. Their dream is that they are “gonna get a little place. We’ll have a cow, ‘said George’. An we’ll have maybe a Pig an’ Chickens.” (105) George’s very detailed description of his and Lennie’s dreams shows the fact that dreams are indeed a reality and everybody has them. Indeed dreams are true, but the reality is they are not always achieved by human beings. Steinbeck uses another conversation between Lennie and George, this time however the conversation was used to show that “Guys like us got no family. They make a little stake and they blow it in. They ain’t got nobody in the world’ who gives a hoot in (....) about ‘em. ‘But not us” (104) George and Lennie’s dialogue here was used to describe the reality …show more content…

Let’s get that place now.’ ‘Sure right now, I gotta. We gotta.’ He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand.” (106) The dream of both George and Lennie getting that little place together was ceased forever. The author used that final dialogue between George and Lennie to restate to the readers the dream and what they were aspiring for in this life. Georges statement “We gotta”, really highlights what exactly the dream was. It was for both Lennie and George, together to arrive in the house, not just George or just

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In the book, Steinbeck uses diction as the main literary device to describe the characters and what was going on. For example, he points out that George while talking about his dream “..repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before” (Steinbeck 13) . The author accents the words “rhythmically” and “repeated many times before,” which creates a sense of repetition, so it looks like George is not excited at all and even annoyed. With Lennie it’s different; he repeated many phrases such as “Go on George!”, no matter how many times he hears about the dream he is always wanting to hear it repeated, possibly to see his goal and not forget it(14). George’s and Lennie’s behavior is very different, because George thinks

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First, let’s start out with the fact that Lennie and George were like family and George knew what was best for Lennie. They did everything together and George has always been there for him. Lennie said, “An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us” (Steinbeck 104).

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To begin, Steinbeck introduces George and Lennie with an obligation to protect each other. Lennie reaffirms his bond with George by exclaiming, “But not us! An’ why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you” (14). This dialogue illustrates

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