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Loneliness In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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How Loneliness affects Dreams in Of Mice and Men When we are first introduced to Lennie and George they’re traveling, trying to find work. Although It is in the midst of The Great Depression, where seemingly all hope is lost. For George and Lennie there is a desire hidden within. A secret motivation. The dream George held onto got him through the series of dead end jobs and the constant care of Lennie. The thought of buying their own place and “Live off the fatta the lan.” (56) This dream keeps both Lennie and George focused, even though they both have different driving factors. For Lennie he let’s George string him along. Simply because he is told to. His motivations for working reside in the promise of tending the rabbits. “ George, how long’s it gonna be till we get that little place an’ live on the fatta the lan’ - an’ rabbits?” (56) Lennie's obsession with tending the rabbits exemplifies his childlike wonder and fascination with soft things. Lennie uses the rabbits as a way to prove to George that he is responsible, and can take care of himself. “ Well, I could. I could go off in the hills there. Someplace I’d find a cave. (12) George finds his motivation in the idea of being his own boss, and doing as he pleases. Towards the end of the novel, we see an …show more content…

As exhibited throughout the novel Lennies main concern to tend the rabbits. George has looked after Lennie long enough to not become lonely. With his dream at arms reach, he’s completely set on the idea, even knowing of the land he strives to buy. The two themes foreshadowed are loneliness and dreams. They interconnect people who are lonely and how their dreams are what push them through. After Candy’s dog is shot he becomes lonely, knowing he lost his long time companion. To help him break through this time, Candy joins George and Lennie's plan of owning land. Knowing his savings can make the dream a

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Lennie constantly fears that his actions will anger George, who will then punish him by taking away his rabbit-managing privileges. During the debacle with Curley's wife, he says “‘George gonna say I done a bad thing. He gonna ain’t gonna me tend no rabbits’”(91). Lennie represents innocence and

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The film depicts George going over the ‘rules’ for Lennie at this new farm in Soledad because in the past Lennie has accidentally caused trouble, so George wanted to make sure he stayed in line. He repeatedly told Lennie that if he did anything bad that he wouldn't be allowed to tend the rabbits, which is what Lennie looks forward to the most on their dream farm. (Of Mice and Men) At this point, George and Lennie are camping in the forest before starting their new job the next day. This is salient because it reveals not only how their dream keeps them together, but also how it makes them go the extra distance in hopes of achieving it.

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As mentioned before, Lennie and George share a dream to own their own ranch together. Though, Lennie is particularly motivated by the rabbits, which serves as his vital concern. Everything he says and does revolves around those rabbits, even his morality. " George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits."

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Lennie believes that owning a farm is George’s dream as well, but George had a different dream in mind. He wishes to live his life without being tied down, helping out Lennie and watching him to make sure nothing goes wrong. Even though George wishes to live his own life without having to worry about Lennie, he chooses to stay and watch over him because he promised Lennie’s Aunt Clara he would and finds it as the right

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George consciously makes the decision to place the focus of Lennie’s mind on thing that Lennie desired most. George placed Lennie’s mind on the farm with the trees, the field of alfalfa, and most importantly the rabbits that Lennie would tend to. Lennie mentions numerous times, “I get to tend to the rabbits,” this dream of Lennie’s is the only thing that Lennie truly enjoys. George allows Lennie to relish in this dream one last time to let him enjoy his last moments of his life. When George and Lennie are still talking before Lennie is killed, Lennie says, “le’s do it now.

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Where Loneliness and Of Mice and Men is a story of two itinerant ranch hands who, despite their apparent differences, are dependent on each other. George in Of Mice and Men teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence through his profound sense of loneliness and isolation. In John Steinbeck's novela Of Mice and Men, George experiences a great deal of loneliness due to his inability to keep meaningful relationships with people. Readers know that George isn't completely alone, he does have Lennie.

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