Theme Of Reality In John Steinbeck's Of Mice Of Men

“If you can dream it, you can do it,” Walt Disney. In Of Mice of Men, written by John Steinbeck, characters: Curley's Wife, Crooks, George and Lennie believed in this quote. They all had dreams and hoped for them to seize accomplishment(to get accomplished). That’s when reality took them by surprise, which made their dreams vanish into thin air. An important theme conveyed in this book is that it showed how people have dreams but get confined by reality causing their dreams to not happen.
In the 1930s, when this book occurred, women had very restricted rights and they considered “less” than men. For example, Curley’s wife always got referred to as Curley’s wife and didn’t have a real name in this book, showing how little identity and respect

For that reason they needed to search for a new job and they found one that met their needs. During this time period most mens’ dreams included owning a farm. Before they received a job George said to Lennie,“ ‘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—’ ”(14). Lennie responded with “ ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’ ”. Actuality held back from purchasing their own farm because of their lack of money needed, where a job played in. When they earned a job position at a ranch in Soledad, CA, George makes sure Lennie doesn’t mess up again and told him what not to do. George and Lennie came in a pair, Lennie considered the bronze due to his big and strong body while George had the brains, quick-wittedness and intelligence. They depending on each other, otherwise they wouldn't obtain any job. George and Lennie would sometimes talk about their hopes for opening a farm. And once when they talked to Candy about their dreams of owning a farm, George told him details like how much money they still need. Candy answered to George “ ‘Tha’s three hundred, and I got fifty more comin’ the end of the month.’ ” With the place they want for 600 dollars, George knew their dream didn’t seem as hopeless now. As days went by the death of Lennie arrived, crushing the dream. In absence of Lennie, George couldn’t continue to keep his

But reality became an insurmountable obstacle to achieving their dreams. Steinbeck didn’t communicate the central idea directly but implied it in a discreet manner. He used metaphors prompting us to draw inferences to extract one of the many deep rooted themes in this