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Loss of Paradise
There are many different opinions on failed dreams and on whether good can come out of it or not. Some people tend to think that if you fail at something it is the end of the world and there is nothing you can do about it, others might think that even if you do fail at something, you will always learn something and grow from it. In Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, the recurring theme for the people on the ranch is failed dreams and how people cope and learn from what they have tried to accomplish. Many of them wish they are somewhere else, leading a different lifestyle or having a different job, but somehow find a lesson or reason why they are where they are.
One failed dream is the dream of Curly’s wife.In the novel Curley's wife is seen as the seductive, prize wife who openly flirts with all the workers, “If I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him” (Steinbeck 85).Curly’s wife has a dream of becoming a hotshot actress and living an exciting life.Her dream is ruined when she marries Curley babies she is bound to boring …show more content…
Lennie, who cannot live a normal life due to his mild disability and the lack to control his own strength, wants this dream so he can escape from all the pain that others bring upon him due to his problem.The whole idea behind the farm was a sort of escape from reality, and the bad things that continue to happen every time Lennie and George go somewhere new. Lennie wants to have the farm where he can grow his own food, take care of rabbits, and, as he calls it, “livin’ off da lan’” (Steinbeck 20). Lennie is different from all the other dreamers in the novel because he deeply wants this dream to come true. The dream does fail in the end, though, when George mercy kills Lennie after Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife.The dream failed not because of lack of will, but rather the inability to control his own body and
Loss of Paradise
There are many different opinions on failed dreams and on whether good can come out of it or not. Some people tend to think that if you fail at something it is the end of the world and there is nothing you can do about it, others might think that even if you do fail at something, you will always learn something and grow from it. In Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, the recurring theme for the people on the ranch is failed dreams and how people cope and learn from what they have tried to accomplish. Many of them wish they are somewhere else, leading a different lifestyle or having a different job, but somehow find a lesson or reason why they are where they are.
One failed dream is the dream of Curly’s wife.In the novel Curley's wife is seen as the seductive, prize wife who openly flirts with all the workers, “If I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him” (Steinbeck 85).Curly’s wife has a dream of becoming a hotshot actress and living an exciting life.Her dream is ruined when she marries Curley babies she is bound to boring …show more content…
Lennie, who cannot live a normal life due to his mild disability and the lack to control his own strength, wants this dream so he can escape from all the pain that others bring upon him due to his problem.The whole idea behind the farm was a sort of escape from reality, and the bad things that continue to happen every time Lennie and George go somewhere new. Lennie wants to have the farm where he can grow his own food, take care of rabbits, and, as he calls it, “livin’ off da lan’” (Steinbeck 20). Lennie is different from all the other dreamers in the novel because he deeply wants this dream to come true. The dream does fail in the end, though, when George mercy kills Lennie after Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife.The dream failed not because of lack of will, but rather the inability to control his own body and