Desires In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Society may say that dreams don’t have anything to do with people's life, however, these human beings who state this probably haven’t read the novella Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck. Yes, dreams impact people's life and there is evidence. Steinbeck illustrates how desires are connected to actions, they play an important role, and it affects individuals. To begin with, society may remark that desires are not connected to actions. This is because goals and actions are two different things. Yes, dreams and actions are two different objects but that doesn’t mean that these two tools cannot work together. Lennie, George and Candy, characters from the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, each have one common target. They

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