John Steinbeck created characters within his book Of Mice and Men that were not able to reach the American Dream. In his novel, many characters had substantial goals for themselves. For example, some characters believed that one day they would own their own land, animals, and home to live in. However, not a single character was able to reach their goals. Every character ran into immense obstacles that prevented them from living the American Dream. Steinbeck makes very eye-opening realistic points about the human race and their ability to reach goals. With this being said, Steinbeck is not necessarily incorrect. Not everyone can live out their dreams and aspirations. Specifically, living situations, financial status, physical abilities, and intellectual abilities are all things that may affect the capability of one to achieve their goals. Some people, mainly those that don’t have the work ethic, mental capacity, or material needs, may set their goals too high. For example, if someone has never played a sport in their life, but wants to become an Olympic athlete one day, this may not be realistic. Yes, they can work to reach this goal, but it’s going to …show more content…
The work one is willing to put forth greatly affects the outcome. It is believed that everyone is destined to a fate. However, the “fate” one is routed to is subjective. There are many things that can “deroute” fate like determination and work ethic. Sure, one could have been handed bad cards growing up, but this does not mean that they are destined for failure. The amount of work one is willing to put in to make something of themselves contradicts Steinbeck’s perspective completely. With this being said, big dreams, or one’s idea of the American Dream, are not illusions, but rather a pot of gold at the end of a long