Essay On Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Have you ever had a dream that's just so amazing, and right before you make the dream a reality, it slips away from you? In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows the reader how dreams are everywhere, everyone dreams whether they’re good or bad. Steinbeck uses the characters George, Lennie, and Candy to create dreams that throughout the story are created and crushed.
First off, we’re introduced to Candy and his dream that he has ventured with George and Lennie. When George is telling Lennie about their dreams of the home it seems to spike a interest in Candy ‘“How much they want for a place like that?”’ Candy says, ‘“What’s it to you?”’ Says George (65). This marks the dawn of their dreams together once Candy starts becoming attentive to it which helps to fuel the dream and the story.
Next, Steinbeck gives us the sense that the dream is actually possible when candy offers George and Lennie money to help buy the home. To show that this is something that can really happen Candy says, “‘maybe if

I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.”’ (7). Steinbeck writes about this to create the dream that George sometimes wishes he was without Lennie, he thinks his life would be much easier which makes you think if George really cares about Lennie.
In addition, George tells Lennie about how when they get this new home that he’ll make sure he gets him a puppy so that he can pet it. To show the dream about the puppy Steinbeck writes, “‘Tell you what I’ll do, Lennie. First First chance I get I'll give you a pup. Maybe you wouldn't kill it. That'd be better than mice. And you could pet it harder.”’ (14). This is here to build up the dream that George really does care about Lennie so he promises to get him a