A Dream: A strongly desired goal or purpose. Dreams are what drove the characters of John Steinbeck's novellas, The Pearl, and Of Mice and Men. Kino, Lennie, and George had desires to overcome their state in poverty. However, They both failed to do so. They were overly ambitious towards pursuing their dreams.
When Kino finds the pearl, he immediately wishes to "be married- in the church... have new clothes... a rifle... my son will go to school" (24-25). The "pearl of the world" gave him perseverance. The pearl gave him hope. The pearl gave him ambition. The "music of the pearl" shrills so loudly, Kino loses his sense of reality (25). When the pearl buyers offer a maximum of 1,500 pesos, (enough to support his family,) he clings to his dream, declining the …show more content…
In Japan, Sadako Sasaki was only two years old, when she was injured by a bomb dropped on her town. Though she survived, she was diagnosed with Leukemia. According to a Japanese legend, one who folded 1000 origami cranes would be granted a wish. She began to fold paper cranes, in hope of survival. Sadako died before she could reach 1000. The legend of the origami cranes gave her hope. However, her dream of life was nearly impossible, considering her health conditions. Like the characters from Steinbeck's novellas, she never reached her never reached her dream because it was pointless. All the paper planes she made in the world, couldn't save her from death.
Nonsensical goals caused Kino, George, and Lennie to have high expectations for the future, and misleading determination. Eventually, characters from both novella's began to lose hope in their dreams. Kino "flung the pearl" into the ocean, disposing his obsolete dream with it (89). When George finally realized the hopelessness of his dream, he finally "pulled the trigger", killing Lennie. Although dreams are desired goals, they cannot be succeeded if they are
When Kino finds the pearl, he immediately wishes to "be married- in the church... have new clothes... a rifle... my son will go to school" (24-25). The "pearl of the world" gave him perseverance. The pearl gave him hope. The pearl gave him ambition. The "music of the pearl" shrills so loudly, Kino loses his sense of reality (25). When the pearl buyers offer a maximum of 1,500 pesos, (enough to support his family,) he clings to his dream, declining the …show more content…
In Japan, Sadako Sasaki was only two years old, when she was injured by a bomb dropped on her town. Though she survived, she was diagnosed with Leukemia. According to a Japanese legend, one who folded 1000 origami cranes would be granted a wish. She began to fold paper cranes, in hope of survival. Sadako died before she could reach 1000. The legend of the origami cranes gave her hope. However, her dream of life was nearly impossible, considering her health conditions. Like the characters from Steinbeck's novellas, she never reached her never reached her dream because it was pointless. All the paper planes she made in the world, couldn't save her from death.
Nonsensical goals caused Kino, George, and Lennie to have high expectations for the future, and misleading determination. Eventually, characters from both novella's began to lose hope in their dreams. Kino "flung the pearl" into the ocean, disposing his obsolete dream with it (89). When George finally realized the hopelessness of his dream, he finally "pulled the trigger", killing Lennie. Although dreams are desired goals, they cannot be succeeded if they are