“As soon as you start to pursue your dream your life wakes up and has meaning.” -Barbara Sher. In the 1930’s dreams were essential if you were living through the Great Depression. In the novel Mice Of Men by John Steinbeck, it’s clear to see that each character has a dream. It pushes them to continue and is seen throughout everything they do. Although each character has a fantasy, it’s evident that Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Lennie need these fantasies and are dependent on them.
Firstly, Curley’s wife makes it distinct that she’s jealous of everyone being able to leave whenever and pursue their dreams. Her envy can be understood when Crooks talks about the men on the ranch and what happened with them. “Hundreds of them. They come, an’ they …show more content…
Speaking about it constantly Lennie always has his dream on his mind. He uses this fantasy as an escape from the harsh reality and when times get tough. When Lennie finds the people on the ranch mean he begs George “Le’s go George, Le’s get outta here, it’s mean here.” (33) When Lennie doesn’t want to face the cruel world his mind immediately goes to his fantasy clinging onto it. Even when people talk to him about their lonely, sad lives he instead focuses on the dream which appears as a Utopia for him. An example of how he focuses on his dream is when Crooks is talking to him. “If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it.” To which Lennie seems off in his own world and responds completely off topic “How long you think it’ll be before them pups will be old enough to pet”. The conversation between the two shows how even though racism surrounds Lennie along with broken dreams, he still keeps his dream clearly in his mind. His dream is quite simple solely for the fact that Lennie could only think about the tending the rabbits and owning a puppy. “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.”(14) Lennie speaks excitedly. He remembers everything that has to do with his dream as it’s an escape and a glimmer of
Firstly, Curley’s wife makes it distinct that she’s jealous of everyone being able to leave whenever and pursue their dreams. Her envy can be understood when Crooks talks about the men on the ranch and what happened with them. “Hundreds of them. They come, an’ they …show more content…
Speaking about it constantly Lennie always has his dream on his mind. He uses this fantasy as an escape from the harsh reality and when times get tough. When Lennie finds the people on the ranch mean he begs George “Le’s go George, Le’s get outta here, it’s mean here.” (33) When Lennie doesn’t want to face the cruel world his mind immediately goes to his fantasy clinging onto it. Even when people talk to him about their lonely, sad lives he instead focuses on the dream which appears as a Utopia for him. An example of how he focuses on his dream is when Crooks is talking to him. “If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it.” To which Lennie seems off in his own world and responds completely off topic “How long you think it’ll be before them pups will be old enough to pet”. The conversation between the two shows how even though racism surrounds Lennie along with broken dreams, he still keeps his dream clearly in his mind. His dream is quite simple solely for the fact that Lennie could only think about the tending the rabbits and owning a puppy. “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.”(14) Lennie speaks excitedly. He remembers everything that has to do with his dream as it’s an escape and a glimmer of