'Of Mice and Men'

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Rina Bhudia   English Coursework ‘Of Mice and Men’   Miss Powers

Many of the characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’ have dreams. What are their dreams, and how near are any of them to achieving what they want?

Many people dreamed of the American dream, the dream to be their own boss, to not go to work one day if they didn’t want to, to achieve what ever they desired and to be happy with it for the rest of their life.

    Lennie and George seemed to have that dream for quite a while as Lennie can remember it very vividly, that is maybe the only thing that he did remember, and all the rest just went through one ear and out the other. Slim was one if they boys that we could see was happy how things were in his life, he was greatly respected through the ranch, as Candy points out to us ‘Slim don’t need to wear no high heeled boots on a grain team.’ This shows us that slim is greatly valued and people know that he has power. The boss and Curly seem to be happy with their situation, that the boss has a ranch of his own and subsequently it will be Curly's. Curlys wife also had a dream that failed to come true, she tells Lennie while he was in the barn, after the pup was killed, she tells Lennie that, she met a man who promised her she would be in the movies, and as that was her dream, she believed him 100% and she believed him so much that she thought that he really remembered and that her mother stole it form her, she was so sure that she was going to achieve her ambition, but I think that deep down she knew that the man had not mailed the letter, and that her mother had actually stolen anything, it just hadn’t ever been real. She had been regaling Lennie with her story, but Lennie was just thinking about his dream, of looking after the rabbits and having his own place with George and Candy.

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     I think that George and Lennie were never close to achieving it, George had told Lennie so many times about the dream I think that maybe he started to believe it as well, but maybe if he had a moment to think properly by himself, hw would realise that it would never come true, George had really start to believe it when Candy said that he had 500 in his bank and that they could see that it was maybe possible, then George thought he could achieve it. We know that it is a very little chance of ...

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