Lost Dreams and Wrecked Futures In the 1930’s lots of people worked different jobs to get enough money so people could get there own land and live the American Dream. For many people there only idea keeping them going was the idea of living the American Dream, however, not everyone was able to live the American dream and had a lost future. This is how it is for George and Lennie in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Lennie’s mental disability causes him to do a bad thing not knowing what he did is bad. This caused George and Lennie to have to look for a new job and leave there life at Weed. George enjoys playing solitaire at the new job he works at. Solitaire is a game about luck. George and Lennie are lucky
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As the novel goes on, both of their dreams slowly fade away when Steinbeck writes about the setting. “Only the topmost ridges were in the sun now. The shadow in the valley was blue and soft. From the distance came the sound of men shouting to one another…” (103) Steinbeck uses the Gabilan Mountains as a symbol for the American Dream. He shows their dream of having their own farm is slipping away from George and Lennie. The topmost ridges are their plan but only a little of them is showing now meaning there dream is almost gone. Another thing is that rabbits are mentions 74 times in this book. From this, we know rabbits are important. Rabbits illustrate Lennie's dream of being able to tend to the rabbits. That idea is the only thing that keeps him alive. “But you ain't gonna get in no trouble because if you do, I won’t let you tend the rabbits.” (16) If Lennie gets in trouble he will not be able to live his dream and from the things we know about Lennie, he won’t be able to stay out of trouble for too long. The rabbits race away in the beginning symbolizing their dream is going away from them. As you can see, their unreachable dream is shown when Steinbeck uses symbolism. John Steinbeck uses the motif of cards by symbolizing and foreshadowing their doomed fate and unreachable dream. The author applies foreshadowing and symbolism to tie the whole book together. It allows readers to make a lot of connections. The symbolism has importance because without it, the words that are repeated would make no sense and foreshadowing made the book interesting. In the depression, men dreamed of having their own farm and not having to move around a lot looking for jobs with pay. Although Lennie would have never been able to reach his dream, with Lennie gone, George could now live the
As the novel goes on, both of their dreams slowly fade away when Steinbeck writes about the setting. “Only the topmost ridges were in the sun now. The shadow in the valley was blue and soft. From the distance came the sound of men shouting to one another…” (103) Steinbeck uses the Gabilan Mountains as a symbol for the American Dream. He shows their dream of having their own farm is slipping away from George and Lennie. The topmost ridges are their plan but only a little of them is showing now meaning there dream is almost gone. Another thing is that rabbits are mentions 74 times in this book. From this, we know rabbits are important. Rabbits illustrate Lennie's dream of being able to tend to the rabbits. That idea is the only thing that keeps him alive. “But you ain't gonna get in no trouble because if you do, I won’t let you tend the rabbits.” (16) If Lennie gets in trouble he will not be able to live his dream and from the things we know about Lennie, he won’t be able to stay out of trouble for too long. The rabbits race away in the beginning symbolizing their dream is going away from them. As you can see, their unreachable dream is shown when Steinbeck uses symbolism. John Steinbeck uses the motif of cards by symbolizing and foreshadowing their doomed fate and unreachable dream. The author applies foreshadowing and symbolism to tie the whole book together. It allows readers to make a lot of connections. The symbolism has importance because without it, the words that are repeated would make no sense and foreshadowing made the book interesting. In the depression, men dreamed of having their own farm and not having to move around a lot looking for jobs with pay. Although Lennie would have never been able to reach his dream, with Lennie gone, George could now live the