The American Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Using the novel Of Mice and Men created by John Steinbeck, I will investigate how the author feels about the idea of “The American Dream.” From the title of this book you could foreshadow how preparation and hard work might not be enough to achieve the dream that you have. Also, the two main characters, George and Lennie, are chasing their dream that always seems to be out of reach. Opposite of the optimists, was Crooks who is more of a realist who believes no matter how much you believe and try that dreams are only in your head. Even though, the characters play a major role in distinguishing Steinbeck’s message about dreams in our life. I am going to share how the title is a key to predicting Steinbeck's beliefs and the rest of the book. The title Of Mice and Men comes from an 18th century poet, Robert Burns. His poem was about a mouse creating a nest for the winter, but the only purpose for the nest was to be destroyed by a ploughman. (www.scmoop.com). This relates back to Steinbeck's book because even though how much George and Lennie prepared to leave the farm and make a better life for themselves it just was not enough. When they first began working at the farm George

When Crooks found out the news that George, Lennie, and Candy wanted to go live on their own farm he thought that they were crazy, and he was not hesitant to tell them so. In the midst of Lennie tells Crooks about their exciting plan Crooks declared, “Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head” (Steinbeck, 74). I believe that this his how Steinbeck implied how dreams have an impact in our lives because the author never gave a dream that came true at the end of this book. Steinbeck let his voice be heard in this character, Crooks, because of how outspoken he was about how dreams are just a distraction from the real