The Great Gatsby Comparison Between Of Mice And Men

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In The Great Gatsby and Of Mice and Men, the American dream was unattainable. Both authors Fitzgerald and Steinbeck convey this idea. Both authors use the harsh reality of each decade and a sense of false hope to suggest the American dream is out of reach. Steinbeck’s view of the harsh reality in the 1930s was shown throughout Of Mice and Men, For example, George and Lenny both dream of owning their own farm with cows, pigs, rabbits, and many other things. “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 live off the fatta the lan, Lennie shouted. And have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages.