People will do anything to make their dreams true, despite the obstacles. Take for example, George and Lennie’s dream. Despite dealing with the incident at Weed, George had his hopes up that he would be able to start over, even with Lennie.“‘With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.’” (p.14)
But when Lennie killed Curley’s wife, George knew that they couldn’t escape anymore. At the moment George prepared to kill Lennie, he was hesitant. “The hand