Of Mice And Men Attainable Analysis

We, as the human population, all seem to have this dream for our future set in our minds. We want to have enough money so that we don’t have to worry about anything, and own a nice house, probably off in some secluded area, where we can live a nice, happy, free life. This is known to many as the “American Dream”. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie have this dream, “to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own” (back of the book). Is this dream attainable? Is it possible for us to live this nice, easy, free life that we crave? John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men demonstrates that the “American Dream” is not attainable. George and Lennie are migrant workers and don’t get paid that much. When they finally find an affordable place where they think they can settle down, they can’t buy the place on their own, and it takes three people just to barely afford the place. They have no support system in case anything goes wrong, and every character that is introduced in the story, except for …show more content…
They need Candy, who in fact would provide most of the money, to join them in maybe being able to buy this place. However, it would be a stretch, because they wouldn’t even have the six hundred dollars that the old lady offered it for. They would only have four hundred and fifty dollars. So they might not even be able to buy this little house with three people contributing to the cost. If George, Lennie, and Candy could manage to buy this house, would they even have real freedom? Sure they might be able to barely get by in this house together, but that means they would have to get along, and work to make food to eat and sell. Wouldn’t they be doing almost the same thing as before, but instead of working for someone and getting paid and fed and clothed, they would have to make money by selling crops, and they would have to feed and cloth