Everybody has a dream. Some Nightmares, some dreams. In the book Of Mice and Men, Lennie and George shared the same dream. The two lived out on their own, traveling from farm to farm looking for work. The book took place in the great depression, so like the name, they were in the heart of one. George and Lennie were partners in crime in the time. Always together, working, eating, and I bet sometimes sleeping, when Lennie gets a little frightened. The two even shared a dream, and it was a cool one.
George and Lennie were not exactly living the dream. The two were heading to a farm near Soledad, California. They stopped by a pond for the night, and would get to the farm tomorrow morning. After they Set up camp and ate Some beans, Lennie asked for George tell him about the rabbits. After some bickering, George gave in and started. “O.K. Someday we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and-” (14). After George is done telling …show more content…
After Lennie killed Curley’s Wife, he hed back up to the pond and hid until George got there. When George did get there, he had Lennie look at the river while he said the dream one last time. “Ain’t you gonna give me hell?” Lennie said. Lennie was waiting for George to chew him out, but George wasn’t going to because he knows what will happen to Lennie if Curley gets to him. Instead of telling Lennie what is going to happen to him, he tells him about the dream, and lets him go peacefully. The Dream distracted Lennie of the consequences that might happen, and he went down happy.
The idea of the dream was a way to escape their way of life. The dream was expressed mainly in three different ways. One of them was that the dream got them through hard times. The second way made them forget what’s going bad for them right now. Lastly, the dream calmed them down and made them forget the worries they had in the
George and Lennie were not exactly living the dream. The two were heading to a farm near Soledad, California. They stopped by a pond for the night, and would get to the farm tomorrow morning. After they Set up camp and ate Some beans, Lennie asked for George tell him about the rabbits. After some bickering, George gave in and started. “O.K. Someday we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and-” (14). After George is done telling …show more content…
After Lennie killed Curley’s Wife, he hed back up to the pond and hid until George got there. When George did get there, he had Lennie look at the river while he said the dream one last time. “Ain’t you gonna give me hell?” Lennie said. Lennie was waiting for George to chew him out, but George wasn’t going to because he knows what will happen to Lennie if Curley gets to him. Instead of telling Lennie what is going to happen to him, he tells him about the dream, and lets him go peacefully. The Dream distracted Lennie of the consequences that might happen, and he went down happy.
The idea of the dream was a way to escape their way of life. The dream was expressed mainly in three different ways. One of them was that the dream got them through hard times. The second way made them forget what’s going bad for them right now. Lastly, the dream calmed them down and made them forget the worries they had in the