Ever thought about what it would be like to have a dream and because of the way people look at you and the time period that you're in, you wouldn’t be able to reach that goal? Well in the story Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the characters Lennie Small and George have an “American Dream” which they both want to go to the same place but for different reasons. The topics of why Lennie, and George want to go to this place will be analysed in the following.
George feels very lonely but he always looks to his American dream for help. George is very thoughtful about the American dream that he and his friend Lennie share, he does realize that this dream is unlikely to happen. He looks at it in a very realistic way, he just wants a little shack on a farm where he can live off the “fatta the lan’ ”. “We could work on there and not have to worry about …show more content…
Lennie the character with mental disabilities has trouble keeping himself under control while at the different ranch houses. Lennie uses his “American Dream” of tending the the rabbits as a guideline that George has put in place for him, also he uses it as hope that one day he can have pups and rabbits and do all the things George has told him he will be able to do. Lennie wants to please George but has trouble doing so without the consequences that George has put in place for him(if his behavior isn’t good he won’t get to tend the rabbits). “An’ put some grass to the rabbits...”(pg 61). Lennie constantly thinks about this and is so concentrated on it that he will force himself to do whatever it takes to be allowed to tend the rabbits. Lennie’s “American Dream” is very much so a fantasy as at this time period, people that had mental disabilities were very much discriminated and treated poorly. With these things in mind Lennie had to continue to push himself to listen to George to find his paradise, and do what he so much desires… tending the
George feels very lonely but he always looks to his American dream for help. George is very thoughtful about the American dream that he and his friend Lennie share, he does realize that this dream is unlikely to happen. He looks at it in a very realistic way, he just wants a little shack on a farm where he can live off the “fatta the lan’ ”. “We could work on there and not have to worry about …show more content…
Lennie the character with mental disabilities has trouble keeping himself under control while at the different ranch houses. Lennie uses his “American Dream” of tending the the rabbits as a guideline that George has put in place for him, also he uses it as hope that one day he can have pups and rabbits and do all the things George has told him he will be able to do. Lennie wants to please George but has trouble doing so without the consequences that George has put in place for him(if his behavior isn’t good he won’t get to tend the rabbits). “An’ put some grass to the rabbits...”(pg 61). Lennie constantly thinks about this and is so concentrated on it that he will force himself to do whatever it takes to be allowed to tend the rabbits. Lennie’s “American Dream” is very much so a fantasy as at this time period, people that had mental disabilities were very much discriminated and treated poorly. With these things in mind Lennie had to continue to push himself to listen to George to find his paradise, and do what he so much desires… tending the