OMAM: American Dream
Do you ever feel like you're not really living life, but going by the mechanics of life, then find yourself dreaming of a different life. John Steinbeck focuses on the American Dream through a few key characters because he’s trying to portray how close you can get when you work for the little bit of heaven in life when the one you're living may be hell. So, in other sense, he’s trying to create this world where everyone works hard, dreams on, and lives by, like we still do today. Many want more out of life, but do nothing to change. It’s like Crooks said, ““They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head an’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it. Just like heaven. …show more content…
in his head and got the furthest in pursuing his dream. He had a good, yet hard life, because he was living in a sense of hell of not being able to work for himself for a long time. Candy said, ““I planted crops for damn near ever’body in this state, but they wasn’t my crops, and when I harvested ‘em, wasn’t none of my harvest. But we gonna do it now, and don’t make no mistake about that. ”” In this he describes how we worked a lot for other people, but never himself, and he acknowledged that he may needed a little help. He went happily to George and Lennie, so that he may be useful to them and help them by working, that and through them he could have his dream of planting the crops for him, because he helped. Maybe it’s like Shmoop said ,““He has a vision of America where he can retain a little dignity working for Candy, Lennie, and George”” (Shmoop, Of Mice and Men Quotes, 3). Like Candy we must be hopeful and work for what we want even if we find our dream through somebody else.
When you have dream, Steinbeck is telling readers to work for that heaven in your head. Even though George, Lennie, Curley’s wife, and Candy didn’t get there heaven in this book, they fought for it. When you feel like you’re not really living life, going through the
Do you ever feel like you're not really living life, but going by the mechanics of life, then find yourself dreaming of a different life. John Steinbeck focuses on the American Dream through a few key characters because he’s trying to portray how close you can get when you work for the little bit of heaven in life when the one you're living may be hell. So, in other sense, he’s trying to create this world where everyone works hard, dreams on, and lives by, like we still do today. Many want more out of life, but do nothing to change. It’s like Crooks said, ““They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head an’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it. Just like heaven. …show more content…
in his head and got the furthest in pursuing his dream. He had a good, yet hard life, because he was living in a sense of hell of not being able to work for himself for a long time. Candy said, ““I planted crops for damn near ever’body in this state, but they wasn’t my crops, and when I harvested ‘em, wasn’t none of my harvest. But we gonna do it now, and don’t make no mistake about that. ”” In this he describes how we worked a lot for other people, but never himself, and he acknowledged that he may needed a little help. He went happily to George and Lennie, so that he may be useful to them and help them by working, that and through them he could have his dream of planting the crops for him, because he helped. Maybe it’s like Shmoop said ,““He has a vision of America where he can retain a little dignity working for Candy, Lennie, and George”” (Shmoop, Of Mice and Men Quotes, 3). Like Candy we must be hopeful and work for what we want even if we find our dream through somebody else.
When you have dream, Steinbeck is telling readers to work for that heaven in your head. Even though George, Lennie, Curley’s wife, and Candy didn’t get there heaven in this book, they fought for it. When you feel like you’re not really living life, going through the