Reality’s Gun
Dreams are people's way of escaping the cruel truth of reality. To some people it's their plan for the future. In some dreams it may have their best friend apart of it. John Steinbeck wrote exactly this scenario in Of Mice and Men. He foreshadows what happens to Lennie and, George’s dream throughout the book. In a way that there was no silver bullet from protecting anyone from the reality of what was really gonna happen. So, the dream the men had was what most adults want in life. To own what they have and, to not work a day. Though they’re dream specifically was to “...have a little house and a couple of acres an a cow and some pigs…” (14). If they had their own farm they wouldn’t have to switch from job to job. No one would …show more content…
However, there is more to the story than meets the eye. Curley’s Wife had a dream but, as she revealed talking to Lennie, “He was gonna put me in the movies...he was gonna write to me about it...I never got that letter, I alway thought my ol’ lady stole it...So, I married Curley...that same night” (88). So, because Curley’s Wife married Curley she never got to reach her dream. Another reason why she didn’t get to reach her dream is because, of the time period of the story. It was placed during the Great Depression. Women didn’t have as much rights they have now.With that in mind, Steinbeck showed that some dreams will eventually die and, just stay a dream by having “Lennie had broken her neck” (91). This is symbolism for her dream dying. Her death was also foreshadowed earlier in the book. Since, it all started with a …show more content…
It all started when Lennie had wanted to, “feel that girls dress” (11) in Weed. This is what caused Lennie and George to leave. What guys like them left and never got around to reaching their dream. Just like Crooks had told them. After that it was a, “...mouse...You always killed ‘em” (9). Then finally, Curley’s Wife. The more wrongs Lennie does the bigger the animal get. This all foreshadowed the inevitable. That Lennie would kill someone, causing them to start over again in trying to reach their dream. Sadly, it only gets
Dreams are people's way of escaping the cruel truth of reality. To some people it's their plan for the future. In some dreams it may have their best friend apart of it. John Steinbeck wrote exactly this scenario in Of Mice and Men. He foreshadows what happens to Lennie and, George’s dream throughout the book. In a way that there was no silver bullet from protecting anyone from the reality of what was really gonna happen. So, the dream the men had was what most adults want in life. To own what they have and, to not work a day. Though they’re dream specifically was to “...have a little house and a couple of acres an a cow and some pigs…” (14). If they had their own farm they wouldn’t have to switch from job to job. No one would …show more content…
However, there is more to the story than meets the eye. Curley’s Wife had a dream but, as she revealed talking to Lennie, “He was gonna put me in the movies...he was gonna write to me about it...I never got that letter, I alway thought my ol’ lady stole it...So, I married Curley...that same night” (88). So, because Curley’s Wife married Curley she never got to reach her dream. Another reason why she didn’t get to reach her dream is because, of the time period of the story. It was placed during the Great Depression. Women didn’t have as much rights they have now.With that in mind, Steinbeck showed that some dreams will eventually die and, just stay a dream by having “Lennie had broken her neck” (91). This is symbolism for her dream dying. Her death was also foreshadowed earlier in the book. Since, it all started with a …show more content…
It all started when Lennie had wanted to, “feel that girls dress” (11) in Weed. This is what caused Lennie and George to leave. What guys like them left and never got around to reaching their dream. Just like Crooks had told them. After that it was a, “...mouse...You always killed ‘em” (9). Then finally, Curley’s Wife. The more wrongs Lennie does the bigger the animal get. This all foreshadowed the inevitable. That Lennie would kill someone, causing them to start over again in trying to reach their dream. Sadly, it only gets