Of Mice and Men
Importance of Dreams The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck involves two men, George Milton and Lennie Smalls, who are working on a ranch to save money in hopes of owning their own ranch.
George is a small but smart man who takes care and travels with his large partner Lennie Smalls, who has an intellectual disability. They come to a new ranch in Soledad in hopes of making enough money for their dream of owning a ranch. Lennie has a bad history of getting in trouble at other ranches which makes George have to find many jobs as they can’t keep them for long. This comes to be true when Lennie causes an accidental death and George must take action leading to the inevitable fate that awaits Lennie and the hope of their dreams shattered. Of Mice and Men showcases the dreams that George and Lennie have and them almost becoming a reality when they are shattered at the last second. As George and Lennie are introduced at the beginning of the book,
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This dream that they have evolves as another character joins in and it finally seems like a reality. George and Lennie are in the bunkhouse and George is reciting the dream to Lennie like usual. As George is talking, old man Candy asks, “S’pose I went in with you guys…I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some”(59). Candy wants to join in on the dream that George and Lennie have because even though he is old he is dedicated. Candy would even do the jobs the men wouldn’t want to do to join in on their dream. As George, Lennie, and Candy were discussing how they could make money and save it “They fell into silence. They looked at one another, amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true”(60). This dream that the men had that seemed like it was impossible to achieve could really be possible. The men now had a reason to work on the ranch and something to look forward to since it could finally become a