Of Mice And Men Essay

In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, the characters George and Lennie had their goal of getting “to live on the fatta of the lan’”. They had started their work on the farm, their stake in the fields and setting up their lives. Working hard, day after day, taking crops and wheat on the land and working along with all their coworkers. They had set up a plan, and with another character, Candy's, help, they may have had a chance to get that plot of land for themselves. But, although they had worked so hard on the fields, that work would fall into a disaster of an event. Everything would eventually come to a halt, by just a single event, showing that everything they could work tirelessly for can’t become reality because of the unpredictability

Whilst talking about the land itself, “‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’,’ Lennie shouted. ‘An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about how thick the cream is on the milk…’” (14). Lennie reminisces a whole lot about their goal of living on the land, although it is very early on in the story and they don’t have their actual job yet, Lennie always loves hearing the story from George. He'd do any type of work in order to get that land, although it’s not the most realistic goal this early on in the book, it’s certainly something for them to look up to. And following up on top of that, Lennie has some more suggestions for George, “‘Let’s have different color rabbits, George.’ ‘Sure we will,’ George said sleepily. ‘Red and blue and green rabbits, Lennie. Millions of them.’” (16). At this point, George will essentially say anything to Lennie to keep him satisfied, where “a million rabbits” is enough to satisfy Lennie. Although however hard they work this won’t be true, it’s better to try than do nothing. Whilst maybe not 100% of what George tells Lennie about the land may be true, it’s enough to keep Lennie

Whilst talking about it in the bunk house, “‘I don’t know,’ said George. ‘We gotta get a big stake together. I know a place we can get cheap, but they ain’t giving it away.’ Old Candy turned slowly over [to face George]. His eyes were wide open. He watched George carefully. Lennie said, ‘Tell us about that place [again], George.’” (56). This is just about the point where George and Lennie grab Candy’s attention about their plan to get their own farm, and Candy is seriously thinking about getting out of their current farm, and putting everything together that they have to get their own farm for themselves. They’re starting to invest more and more work into this, and Candy may have other ideas about their plan; “… ‘Tell you what─’ [Candy] leaned forward eagerly. ‘S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some. How’d that be?’” (59). Candy is now very eager to join George and Lennie, giving them all their money that he had in order to help pay for the farm. And when they put all their money at the end of the month, 450 bucks is almost enough to acquire that piece of land that would finally be theirs. With this newfound help, plus