How Does Steinbeck Present The Theme Of Dreams In Of Mice And Men

How dreams affected Steinbeck's novella; Of Mice And Men. How did the concept of dreams affect Steinbeck's novella? There was a wide range of dreams within the story itself, the main one being the main characters Lennie and George’s goal to live and own their own farm. George does not like having to do lousy ranch work just for a little bit of pay he would go use at the cathouse. Another recurring dream within the novella was one of Lennies, it was to tend the rabbits. Within the story it brings up how Lennie loves the soft touch of things, like when he had the dead mouse. He likes sensory details within something or someone. The main reason he wants the rabbits is to tend and pet them and feed them alfalfa. "I can still tend the rabbits,

But one in common was the living off the fat of the land, owning their own ranch and getting to tell others what to do instead of being the ones that have to do the work. The two of them want the feeling of independence. Which is “the american way of life” since the story is set in the 1930’s. Right when the great depression struck and the dust bowl was striking many families across the us. When they first got to the farm they met a whole load of different people. Each with different dreams of their own, some of those dreams slowly stripping away from their grasps. The first the two had met was candy. "a tall, stoop-shouldered old man … . He was dressed in blue jeans and carried a big push-broom in his left hand." (Steinbeck 19-20). Is how he described. He had no dream that was spoken of until George and Lennie brought up their own dream of getting the money saved to have their own farm to call their own. When they spoke of the dream candy got right on board with the

With the economy's crash in 1929, it did nothing but make finding and keeping the job quite a hassle. Though after they had left weed due to lennie grabbing onto a girls dress scaring her and keeping hold, however the girl lied and accused him of rape and they got ran out. They arrived at a bus stop and bought tickets for a job on a ranch a ways away from where they were. George was obviously angry at this, "We could just as well of rode clear to the ranch if that bastard bus driver knew what he was talkin' about...didn't wanta stop at the ranch gate, that's what...too...lazy to pull up...wonder he isn't too damn good to stop in Soledad at all...kicks us out and says, 'Jes' a little stretch down the road...I bet it was more than four miles". (Steinbeck) That's how they got the job they have within the story. It just followed the two throughout the story and how they are in need of work during the great