Of mice and men was written by John Steinbeck in the 1930s. This is also the time where the book was set. It was set in the wild west of the USA during the lawless time. If you did not have money, fame or you were not a from the European race life was hard for you. It
Of Mice and Men -coursework reflects upon the lives of people just after the wall street collapse in USA. The story is told from the point of view of a third person. Steinbeck uses many different themes to get his message across. I will be looking at the theme dreams and plans. I will be examining how every character uses this to either motivate themselves or someone else.
George uses dreams and plans to motivate Lennie. As we know Lennie is not very bright so he needs something …show more content…
On the other hand Crooks has a very primitive dream which is surviving and all he can do now is to reflect on his childhood. Candy could be considered too old to have any realistic dreams but George and Lennie spark a new light in his life.
I believe that dreams is what motivates all the different characters. Although all characters have different dreams, they are somewhat similar. All dreams include wealth, this is what is called ”The American Dream”. The american dream means that as long as you believe in yourself and work hard you can achieve wealth and move into the middle class or upper class if you were a simple farmer or ranch hand such as George and Lennie. Curley and his dad are both in this class and this is what George and Lennie want to achieve.
In the end no character properly achieves what they want and hope to do with their lives. Lennie´s dreams ends with a simple exit in the form of death. George realized that both him and Lennie would never be able to reach their goals and he knew that Lennie would just get himself into trouble. Georges dream did end there as well because his dream included Lennie but Lennie died. For George it was still possible to achieve what he was always telling Lennie about but i do not think that he did go off to chase this dream but that we will never actually
Of Mice and Men -coursework reflects upon the lives of people just after the wall street collapse in USA. The story is told from the point of view of a third person. Steinbeck uses many different themes to get his message across. I will be looking at the theme dreams and plans. I will be examining how every character uses this to either motivate themselves or someone else.
George uses dreams and plans to motivate Lennie. As we know Lennie is not very bright so he needs something …show more content…
On the other hand Crooks has a very primitive dream which is surviving and all he can do now is to reflect on his childhood. Candy could be considered too old to have any realistic dreams but George and Lennie spark a new light in his life.
I believe that dreams is what motivates all the different characters. Although all characters have different dreams, they are somewhat similar. All dreams include wealth, this is what is called ”The American Dream”. The american dream means that as long as you believe in yourself and work hard you can achieve wealth and move into the middle class or upper class if you were a simple farmer or ranch hand such as George and Lennie. Curley and his dad are both in this class and this is what George and Lennie want to achieve.
In the end no character properly achieves what they want and hope to do with their lives. Lennie´s dreams ends with a simple exit in the form of death. George realized that both him and Lennie would never be able to reach their goals and he knew that Lennie would just get himself into trouble. Georges dream did end there as well because his dream included Lennie but Lennie died. For George it was still possible to achieve what he was always telling Lennie about but i do not think that he did go off to chase this dream but that we will never actually