In life, we all believe in something. Maybe something that can be altered or something that we can be hopeful about. Whatever that “something” may be, the satisfaction of it could help us survive. Therefore, hopes and dreams help the characters in Of Mice and Men have something to believe in, even if their dreams cannot come true.
The main dream Lennie and George both have is owning their own farm and farmland. Also on the farm, Lennie’s dream is to be able to tend rabbits so he could pet them. They are both clearly dreamers as stated in the novel "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—." “Go on, George! Tell about what 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, 19). Owning acres with rabbits running around is so exciting for Lennie and George to even fathom about. If this could come true for them, I’m sure they would
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Having hopes and dreams is important because it gives us something to care about and be hopeful for. In a world full of hatred, inequality, and violence, we need some sort of outlet to distract ourselves from the cruelties of the world. If we have hopes and dreams, we could have a positive reminder that something in your life can be better or get better. As a hopeful person myself, practicing this makes me feel better about being a human being. My dreams and aspirations make me push myself harder in order to achieve my goals. Only being a fourteen-year old, I have been through so much and without being hopeful and ambitious, I don't know what I would do. Even though some of my dreams didn't come true, they still helped me out of the certain situations I was in and those dreams still help me