Of Mice And Men Dreams Analysis

Everybody has dreams. Dreams are what keep us ‘alive’. They keep us striving for better, and always thinking of a better place and time. Without dreams, we wouldn’t want to achieve anything, and therefore we wouldn’t. John Steinbeck sent this message in his novel “Of Mice And Men”. “Of Mice And Men”l is about two men working together for a single goal, or dream. It takes place in California during the 1930s. George and Lennie end up getting run out of their job after Lennie accidentally kills a woman, and George is forced to kill Lennie. Even though this novel has a large amount of violence and ‘dream crushing’, the effects from the dreams add a sense of positivity to this novel. The dreams keep the book and characters moving forward, keep the characters together emotionally, and send a message of hope through the overwhelming sense of negativity in this novel. Dreams keep the book moving forward, and helps the characters live their lives. An example of this, is after Carlson puts down Candy’s dog. Candy is extremely distraught over the loss of his companion, and if it wasn’t for dreams he would’ve stayed in that broken state of mind. Fortunately for the story (and for Candy), he overhears George and Lennie talking about their dream farm. Candy asks them “You know where’s a place like that?” (Steinbeck 59). The idea of this dream is something for Candy to work towards. The dream brings him back to …show more content…
Dreams keep the plot moving forward, keep the characters together emotionally, and send a message of hope to the reader. The necessity of dreams in this novel is difficult to find, as almost of the dreams are crushed very often. In the novel there is a huge amount of negativity. The dreams are almost like silver linings for the characters they help. The dreams are a coping mechanism for the fictional characters, as they are for almost everyone in real