Explain the importance of hopes and dreams in the novel 'Of mice and men'

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Explain the importance of hopes and dreams in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’

In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’, probably all men in the ranch have a dream, of one day owning a small piece of land and working for themselves. In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ Lennie and George, two friends, share the dream of one day working on their own farm, having some chickens, cows and rabbits. Throughout the course of this essay, I will be explaining these hopes and dreams that happen throughout the novel, how it relates to ‘The American Dream’ and I will give my own opinion.

Lennie and George are two big friends, although George, in my opinion uses the fact that Lennie is mentally handicapped to take some advantage of it. George and Lennie have no family besides Aunt Clara that was barely mentioned in the novel, but they have each other and I think that is why Lennie and George stick together. At some point in the story, the dream then becomes an obsession and I think George uses the fact that Lennie is mentally handicapped to elude him by telling him that they will have a small piece of land, cows, chickens and rabbits and even, how it will be like then. ‘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’

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Lennie and George are not the only ones that have a dream, one, very important character also has a dream, that is Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife dreamt of one day becoming an actress, a movie star, to perform in front of hundreds of people. ‘Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural.’ Just like Lennie, Candy and the rest of the workers, Curley’s wife is considered to be inferior, not for being mentally handicapped or old, but for being a woman.

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