Dreams: The Purpose of Life People’s hopes and dreams are able to keep life focused on achieving a desired outcome; however, many people fail to reach their lifelong goals for various reasons. Dreams have a significant part in the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, especially for the main characters George and Lennie. These characters have a dream to quit their job as migrant workers and own a farm. Unfortunately by the end of the story George and Lennie fail to reach the dream they have been striving for many years. The book takes place in the 1930’s, during the massive economic downfall of the Great Depression. This event had a large impact on people’s ability to keep or get a job, and made it almost impossible to achieve a dream during this time. It is clear that Steinbeck believes the “American Dream” is not attainable based on characters like George, Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife whose dreams in life are all left
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Her main goal was to star in movies and be rich, but rather ended up married to a man she does not like and feels miserable. When she is with Crooks, Candy, and Lennie in the barn she remarks, “‘I tell ya I could of went with shows. Not jus’ one, neither. An’ a guy told me he could put me in pitchers...’... ‘-Sat’day night… An’ what am I doin’? Standin here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs...-an’ likin’ it because they ain’t nobody else’” (78). When Curley’s wife opens up to the men, it is the first time she reveals her past and dreams in life. Her dreams remain unfulfilled and is miserable and desolate. Curley’s wife also reveals to the men that she is very lonely in her daily life, and that she enjoys talking to them because she feels she does not have anyone else. Curley’s wife had big dreams for her future but is discouraged that she was not able to achieve them, much like the other characters in the
Her main goal was to star in movies and be rich, but rather ended up married to a man she does not like and feels miserable. When she is with Crooks, Candy, and Lennie in the barn she remarks, “‘I tell ya I could of went with shows. Not jus’ one, neither. An’ a guy told me he could put me in pitchers...’... ‘-Sat’day night… An’ what am I doin’? Standin here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs...-an’ likin’ it because they ain’t nobody else’” (78). When Curley’s wife opens up to the men, it is the first time she reveals her past and dreams in life. Her dreams remain unfulfilled and is miserable and desolate. Curley’s wife also reveals to the men that she is very lonely in her daily life, and that she enjoys talking to them because she feels she does not have anyone else. Curley’s wife had big dreams for her future but is discouraged that she was not able to achieve them, much like the other characters in the