“Hope is not a dream but a way of making a dream become a reality” said L.J. Suenens. In the story Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the characters Lennie Small and George Milton have an “American Dream”, at this time dreams were needed to help give you hope that the depression will be over soon. Lennie and George each wish to live in the same ranch house but for different reasons, they both have different goals that they want to achieve in life.
George always looks to his American dream for help. He 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 …show more content…
Lennie the very responsive, do as I am told character, and George would love to be on there own for the reason of wanting to tend the rabbits and not having to worry about being canned. Lennie wants to tend the rabbits so bad that George uses them for guidelines to keep Lennie out of trouble. He also uses the rabbits as a sense of hope. George on the other hand is a very realistic person that does it all on his own, he uses this dream as guidelines for Lennie, and also he uses it as hope to finally not have to worry about keeping Lennie out of trouble. Towards the end of the book George realises that it would be impossible for Lennie to reach is American Dream so he decides to shoot him, at this time Lennie reaches his American Dream in the only place he can… Heaven. Similarly, George has also come closer to his American Dream because he no longer has to worry about Lennie and keeping him out of trouble, instead he can focus on his own success. “You had to do George” (pg ). Analysing George and Lennie’s situation with their American dreams they both strive to get there but for different
George always looks to his American dream for help. He 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 …show more content…
Lennie the very responsive, do as I am told character, and George would love to be on there own for the reason of wanting to tend the rabbits and not having to worry about being canned. Lennie wants to tend the rabbits so bad that George uses them for guidelines to keep Lennie out of trouble. He also uses the rabbits as a sense of hope. George on the other hand is a very realistic person that does it all on his own, he uses this dream as guidelines for Lennie, and also he uses it as hope to finally not have to worry about keeping Lennie out of trouble. Towards the end of the book George realises that it would be impossible for Lennie to reach is American Dream so he decides to shoot him, at this time Lennie reaches his American Dream in the only place he can… Heaven. Similarly, George has also come closer to his American Dream because he no longer has to worry about Lennie and keeping him out of trouble, instead he can focus on his own success. “You had to do George” (pg ). Analysing George and Lennie’s situation with their American dreams they both strive to get there but for different