The ending to 'Of mice and men' is tragic yet inevitable - One of the main aspects in John Steinbecks 'Of Mice and Men' is inevitability

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The ending to ‘Of mice and men’ is tragic yet inevitable

One of the main aspects in John Steinbecks ‘Of Mice and Men’ is inevitability. Of Mice and Men is the story that two migrant workers follow, in order to achieve their dream. The main features in the novel are: The slow but sure shattering of the dream, and how it keeps going wrong due to one of Steinbeck’s character’s constant mistakes. Also the death of Curley’s wife, who, although was unimportant to the men on the ranch, had become an imperative yet inevitable event in the novel.  Another incident in the novel was the death of Lennie, a grown man yet dense and simple. Anger and fear was around at this time, and George

(Lennie’s close friend) shared them both.

The ending to ‘Of Mice and Men’ is tragic yet inevitable.  

 George and Lennie’s dream was to own large amounts of land, and tend animals, of which the tending the rabbits, Lennie was most interested in.  

The stable buck on the ranch, known as Crooks, doesn’t believe that George and Lennie will ever obtain their dream. He says that all migrant workers have the same dream, and it doesn’t works out for any of them. Page.79-80 “You guy are just kiddin’ yourself. You’ll talk about it a hell of a lot but you won’t get no land. Seems like ever’ guy got land in his head, they never get none in their hand”

All through the book many setbacks and negative thoughts came out that their dream would never work out. Except George and Lennie who together kept the dreams heart alive throughout the novel.  

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 George kept the dream alive for Lennies sake many times during the novel, and at one point we had the faith that it would work out. Yet it was inevitable that the dream was never going to work out. Seeing that many individuals in ‘Of Mice and Men’ were pessimistic about the dream ever succeeding. George often told Lennie of the dream, but never actually believed in the dream himself.

 Page.99 “I guess I knew, maybe way back in my head I did”

 So even George had some faith in the dream, but had his uncertainties. 

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