Comparison Of Broken Dreams In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Broken dreams of, of mice and men
The definition of dream is “Dreams are a succession of images, ideas, emotions and sensations that occur, usually involuntarily in the mind”. Dreams are a powerful thing and they don’t come easy. In of Mice of Men a novella about two men’s travels through Salinas Valley, Lennie and George two opposites want to achieve their dreams. The events and people they experience in the space of one weekend, will shape their future forever. Through the characters, George, Curley’s Wife and Crooks, Steinbeck proves that there is always something stopping one from achieving ones dream.

It is evident from the text that the things George likes are keeping him from achieving his dreams and moving forward in life. When Crooks, Lennie and Candy are speaking about their dream of owning their own land
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When Lennie walks into Crooks room and Crooks bitterly says, “I aint wanted in the bunk house and you aint wanted in my room”, Lennie replied “why aint you wanted” Crooks snaps “Cause I’m black, they play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black (68)”. Crooks clearly states no one likes him and he’s not wanted because of his skin colour, that is discrimination, the men are racist towards Crooks and that’s stopping him from being equal and being free and achieving his dream. But it’s not just the men in the bunk house that are racist. When Crooks talks about his childhood he says. “We were one of the only coloured family for miles around and now I’m the only coloured man on this ranch, if I say something it’s only a Negro saying it (70)” this shows the discrimination and racism that Crooks faces. He has been made to feel like an outcast because he is a negro, that his opinion is not valued because of his skin colour and it is stopping him from being fee and equal because he can’t express his opinions and the white people

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