“The American dream is one big tent.” - Jesse Jackson. We all experience the same process of obstacles and achievements to get there. In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck brings the idea to mind that American dreams are put to the test by hardships and achievements. Dreams are an important part of living in America. Part of the upside of having an American dream is being able to make it your own.
Uniqueness is an upside of the American dream. ““Me an’ Lennie an’ George. We gonna have a room to ourself. We’re gonna have a dog an’ rabbits an’ chickens. We’re gonna have green corn an’ maybe a cow or a goat. He stopped, overwhelmed with his picture.”” Lennie, George, and Candy had their dream all planned out and now they just need to get the money to get there. They had a unique dream to fit their fantasy needs. Curley’s wife was also another person who had a unique dream but she came to encounter an obstacle. There are things that will stand in the way of you accomplishing your dream, which will set you back which causes more damage to your future plans. …show more content…
“”Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard.””. “”Now maybe George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits, if he finds out you got killed.””.Obstacles came in the way of Lennie’s dream of being able to tend to his rabbits on the new farm. He had killed the puppy which set him back but, when he killed Curley’s wife he knew that, that was going to make it worse so he ran away from George and worried about what he had done. Lennie and George had large obstacles that stood in their way and their dream came to an end quicker that they had