The Effects Of Having A Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Have you ever had a dream that you have worked for super hard and in order to pursue that dream you had to stop what you have been doing in the past? You stopped the bad things or at least tried to stop them so that dream could become reality. In John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, the characters learn that having a dream with someone close to you can give you a message that tells you to stop doing the things you are doing if they are bad. In the novella, our characters George and Lennie have a dream. In this scene, George is telling Lennie about the dream. “O.K. Someday… we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and…” (Steinbeck,14). This is an important part because this is where Steinbeck introduces the dream and the events that happen after this are the effects of having the dream. It's also important because George and Lennie are really close to each other and do everything together. They can’t imagine doing anything without the each …show more content…
Lennie is worried about what George is going to do when he hears Curley’s wife screaming and comes to see what is going on. ‘Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted she screamed then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose. “Please don’t,” he begged. “Oh! Please don't do that. George’ll be mad”’ (91). Lennie is very scared now. He doesn’t want George to be mad at him. He accidentally breaks her neck and runs away but when George comes and finds him, Lennie is very unhappy with his actions and tells George that he will go live in a cave if that's what George wants. But George doesn't want that. He wants Lennie to be happy and that's why he starts telling him the dream again. George cares about Lennie and he wants nobody else to hurt him or to see him suffer. He knows Lennie wouldn't do something like that on