Social Classes In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Gatsby and Lennie’s dreams both remain generally the same through diverse social classes they encounter during the novels. In Lennie’s social class it is hard for him to obtain his dream with his poverty because only the strongest survive on the ranch. In Of Mice and Men Crooks says “I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. Hundreds of them. 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.” (Steinbeck 75). This quotation is an example that the weak don’t survive on the ranch, they just dream and hope that these dreams will come true …show more content…
For example Tom and Daisy Buchanan used Gatsby for his money and to get out of a horrible problem which was Myrtle’s death. As a result of this couple using Gatsby the way they did he ended up dead and it is not entirely their fault, they only play a large role in his death. Tom and Daisy were uncaring people that never understood Gatsby’s obsession for his dream and Daisy played mousy throughout the entire relationship and she acted unaware with the situation, but she was and Daisy never had any intentions on leaving her life with Tom to be with Gatsby, she only used Gatsby for his kindness. This is very saddening because Gatsby gave everything he had to win over Daisy, and her husband’s response to this was : “...I don’t have big parties. I suppose you’ve got to make your house into a pigsty in order to have any friends-- in the modern world.” (Fitzgerald 137). Tom and Daisy are very similar to Curley and his wife in Of Mice and Men in a sense that they are all sheltered by their power (money) and they can go around destroying anyone for any reason they want too because they are uncaring