George and lennie’s dream of a better life at their own relaxing farm was this time shared by many. George and lennie wanted a better life, a better place to live in where there quite and peace where they can relax, which in other words can be also said as, the American dream. The novel shows that this dream will not bring happiness itself.
Carlson is a man who wants to be respected by other men in the bunkhouse particularly slim. Carlson doesn’t talk much to other people which makes him bored really easily. He is like a ranch hand who is the exact opposite of Slim; coarse and insensitive, Carlson does not understand the feelings of those around him which makes suggests that other men don’t like him, this also explains why he is lonely sometimes.
Crooks, the black stable hand, gets his name from his crooked back. Proud, bitter, and caustically funny. He is isolated from the other men because of the color of his skin. Later on in the novel crooks becomes a little friend of lennie, who explains his dream that attracts crooks to come to the barn with him and for a little job he can hoe in the garden.
The only female character in the novel is a character of true evil. The men on the farm refer to her as a “tramp,” a “tart,” and a “looloo.” he bitter wife of Curley attempts to seduce the ranch hands; she has a mean streak and is a vehicle for spreading evil, and she was addressed as a “rat trap” by George. She still holds some small hope of a better life, claiming that she had the chance to become a movie star in Hollywood. Like the ranch hands, she is desperately lonely and has broken dreams of a better life. Curley's Wife is the only major character in Of Mice and Men whom Steinbeck does not give a name. She dislikes her husband and feels desperately lonely at the ranch, for she is the only woman and feels isolated from the other men.
Lennie and George travel around together and live together, this suggests that they have some kind of close relationship. The men are wandering ranch workers who travel together in search of any available opportunities to earn money. Lennie depends on George as does George on Lennie for all different times in their travels.
After losing his dog he has been lonely and quite. Candy doesn’t talk a lot with anyone after his dog being shot on the back of the head. His dog was shot because it was getting too old and it was no use, this gives an impression to candy that they might do the same thing to him as he is also getting old, lost his arm, now he’s no use to anyone.
Curley’s wife has a dream of being a very famous and talented movie star in Hollywood and having a better life than the one she is already having with her hated husband Curley. This dream is linked to the topic, American dream as it is a person who is on in a hunt of getting this dream to come true but something is not letting it happen (her husband curley).
A farm of their own was lennie and George’s ultimate goal of life. Lennie hopes to keeps rabbits and when on the other hand it’s similar to what George is thinking of, making his life more bearable and relaxing. At the beginning of the novel the farm is just a fantasy, but with candy’s compensation money it makes it appear attainable.
Crooks wants to talk to other workers on barn rather than sit in a place with no friends and read books to pass time. Crooks is separated from others because he’s black. To get out of this place crooks will do anything, so when he hears this dream from lennie, he is attracted and wants to go with them to have a better life and to live like a human who is treated as every one else.
Candy, the oldest man in the barn. Wants to get out of this place. He hears about the dream of lennie and George, and decides that he will go with them to get out of the barn. I will take a long time for lennie and George to make the dream come true but, when candy tells them that he’s got a lot of money already and there’s more money coming, lennie and George see this dream coming true and they welcome candy to their place.
After this plan is made, lennie kills Curley’s wife which causes new problems. After lennie running away from the scene, all of the other ranch workers wanted to kill him, so it was up to George what to do. George meets lennie and talks to him about the dream and just when lennie gets excited George kills him to sudden death. This makes candy and George stay in the barn, their dream ended in few minutes.
All of this concludes to that, people weren’t pleased with the way they lead their lives and they all had a dream of finding friendship and happiness. This novel has included many chapters that lead to this.
