Symbolism In Of Mice And Men

In 1937, American author John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men, a novella. Of Mice and Men is a fictitious tale following the lives of two young men trying to make something of themselves. George Milton and Lennie Small move from place to place in search for a job. They reside to a farm in Soledad, where he meets other important characters Curly, Slim, Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s wife. Their journey only begins when they start working in this farm. There are many occasions of “illuminating” episodes in Of Mice and Men, more specifically the recurring themes mentioned in the novel.

One of the biggest forms of symbolism is mentioned numerous times in the book, this event would be the dead animals. The descriptions of each character, characterizes

The dream is meant to be seen as unrealistic approach to future goals. Lennie and George’s dream has always been to own their own farm and be their own bosses. They have a detailed depiction of their hopes and dream, “O.K Someday- we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and - ’ ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’… An’ have rabbits… we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it.’ (Steinbeck 57).” This situation shows that the “American Dream” is essentially impossible to reach. A Dream Deferred was a poem written by Langston Hughes. Hughes perfectly demonstrates this ideology through his poem and there is a sense of truth to all of this. He writes that dreams are irrelevant and pointless to have because the best made plans never happen and life has a funny way of making all throughout the story, Lennie and George’s main purpose was to have enough money to be able to afford their dream farm. It seems like they will actually go through with this plan but in the end things do not go as planned. Crooks had some sense of awareness to this because he had experienced many man have these same ideas and it never happened for them. Another example of characters not being able to reach the American Dream is Curley’s Wife. She constantly brings up the fact she was almost a star. She had “met a guy, an’ he was in pitchers. Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. He sys he was gonna put me in the movie. Says I was a natural. Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write me about it…I never got that letter…Coulda been in the movies… (Steinbeck 93).” Curely’s wife’s dream could not have been achieved as much as she wanted it. Other obstacles got in her way that