Throughout the past hundreds of years, entertainment has been an abundant source of leisure and recreation for citizens, rich or poor. From the ancient Romans cheering elite gladiators in the Coliseum to contemporary couch potatoes binge watching their favorite sports teams on ESPN, entertainment has remained relatively similar through time. The art of literature is one of these forms of entertainment; its worldly messages have made it able to thrive over hundreds of year. One of these themes is people have dreams for the future.
In The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, they both develop the theme 'hopeful dreams that people live on may not come true' by the the optimistic personality and cheerfulness of the characters they posses looking upon the future. The 'hopeful dreams that people live on' is developed in The Death of a Salesman through Willy's flashbacks. During Willy's daydreaming, Willy talks to his sons, Biff and Happy, about how great and successful they will be in the future. Although Happy is son just as much as Biff, Willy has an unwavering love for Biff. He adores Biff and praises how great he will be in the future "with scholarships to three universities" (21) and is "built like Adonises"(21). Willy also believes that when Biff "gets out in the business world... [Biff is] going to …show more content…
Ever since Lennie heard the story from his aunt Clara, Lennie has lived on her very words. George, being the caring person he is, constantly reminds Lennie about how they "got a future... [they're] going to get jack together and [they're] gonna have a little house and couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs"(8). Although George believes the dream is possible to achieve, he also feels that it may never come to pass due to Lennie's clumsiness. They often jump from job to job as the American depression made it harder to find
In The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, they both develop the theme 'hopeful dreams that people live on may not come true' by the the optimistic personality and cheerfulness of the characters they posses looking upon the future. The 'hopeful dreams that people live on' is developed in The Death of a Salesman through Willy's flashbacks. During Willy's daydreaming, Willy talks to his sons, Biff and Happy, about how great and successful they will be in the future. Although Happy is son just as much as Biff, Willy has an unwavering love for Biff. He adores Biff and praises how great he will be in the future "with scholarships to three universities" (21) and is "built like Adonises"(21). Willy also believes that when Biff "gets out in the business world... [Biff is] going to …show more content…
Ever since Lennie heard the story from his aunt Clara, Lennie has lived on her very words. George, being the caring person he is, constantly reminds Lennie about how they "got a future... [they're] going to get jack together and [they're] gonna have a little house and couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs"(8). Although George believes the dream is possible to achieve, he also feels that it may never come to pass due to Lennie's clumsiness. They often jump from job to job as the American depression made it harder to find