The Theme Of Dreams In Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'

I´m Dreaming of a White Rabbit ¨I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars. and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds¨ (Mike Tyson). This quote by Mike Tyson is saying that if someone cannot reach their dreams they should obtain what they can attain. In Of Mice and Men both George and Lennie and Curley's Wife reach for their stars but come up with clouds. In Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, dreams and plans are an important idea that is revealed through George and Lennie's plan to attain a farm and Curley's Wife's dream of becoming a movie star but failing.
An important part to Of Mice and Men is George and Lennie's dream which is what they are working towards the whole book but is destroyed in the end. First, George and Lennie have a dream …show more content…
First, Curley's wife has a dream to be a movie star and one day she meets this guy ¨He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural. Soonś he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it… I never go that letter… So I married Curley¨ (Steinbeck). This is important because this is how Curley's Wife ends up on the ranch because her dream of becoming a movie star fail and she has to marry Curley. Because of Curley's Wife dream failing she ends up on the ranch and causes all this mayhem. However, Curley's Wife does not like the ranch because she says ¨I don't like Curley. He ain't a nice fella¨(Steinbeck). Because she is stuck on the ranch only knowing Curley which she doesn't like she suffers deeply because she is very lonely and has no one to talk to. If her dream of becoming a movie star had not of failed she would not be going through deep sadness from loneliness and would not have gotten stuck on the ranch. Because Curley's Wife's dream of becoming a movie star fail she gets stuck on a terrible ranch that she hates and just causes trouble