At one point in a person’s life, he or she has an epiphany. They realize there is something that he or she wants. But not like candy to a child, or new clothes to a teenager. This time it is different, more powerful, this is a dream. But what happens when a person is lonely and depressed, and those emotions interfere with their dream? They latch on to those dreams and seek out happiness in them. In the book Of Mice and Men, Curley’s Wife lets the dream engulf her. She allows her dream to take the place where her happiness used to be. On the other hand, George lets his dream change him. He lets the dream take over, changing his manner without question. Are they just trying to follow their own American dreams? Or are they actually using those
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Having a companion was able to think for his or her self. In the novel George has something nearly no man had while on the road. He had a companion. Lennie was the loyalist person George would ever meet. He would do whatever George asked without thought or question. Lennie would follow George across the world and back again long as George was with him. You would think this was a privilege for George to have such a great person to have with him. There was only one problem, Lennie was mentally disabled. He could not think, speak, or do for himself. This changed Lennie from being a companion, to being a “prop.” Meaning George took advantage of Lennie, and didn’t treat him like a person, basically took over Lennie and used him. This only caused George to realize how lonely he really was as Lennie would act as a child that needed taken care …show more content…
George let his dream carry him. He thought that, in time, his dream would just come. This was his detrimental mistake. This was his first domino piece in a set of pain and sorrow. Curley 's Wife on the other hand has a different problem. She let her dream become her. Throughout the book, all we knew about Curley 's Wife was that she was a nuisance, always trying to gain attention. But when dug deeper, it is realized that in a way, that attention was her dream. But instead of being a dream, it becomes an excuse. It shapes itself and becomes the only reason for that person to be happy. Than he or she latches on, giving no room to improve, making it impossible to accomplish that American Dream they so hoped for. After all, once they accomplish that dream, what 's their excuse to be happy
Having a companion was able to think for his or her self. In the novel George has something nearly no man had while on the road. He had a companion. Lennie was the loyalist person George would ever meet. He would do whatever George asked without thought or question. Lennie would follow George across the world and back again long as George was with him. You would think this was a privilege for George to have such a great person to have with him. There was only one problem, Lennie was mentally disabled. He could not think, speak, or do for himself. This changed Lennie from being a companion, to being a “prop.” Meaning George took advantage of Lennie, and didn’t treat him like a person, basically took over Lennie and used him. This only caused George to realize how lonely he really was as Lennie would act as a child that needed taken care …show more content…
George let his dream carry him. He thought that, in time, his dream would just come. This was his detrimental mistake. This was his first domino piece in a set of pain and sorrow. Curley 's Wife on the other hand has a different problem. She let her dream become her. Throughout the book, all we knew about Curley 's Wife was that she was a nuisance, always trying to gain attention. But when dug deeper, it is realized that in a way, that attention was her dream. But instead of being a dream, it becomes an excuse. It shapes itself and becomes the only reason for that person to be happy. Than he or she latches on, giving no room to improve, making it impossible to accomplish that American Dream they so hoped for. After all, once they accomplish that dream, what 's their excuse to be happy