Dreams is also linked in with the bunkhouse because this is where George and Lennie discuss their dream ‘of living on the fat of the land’ ‘ Lennie tending the rabbits’ but candy over hears their conversation and wants to be part of their dream. This adds to the tragedy of the story when Lennie dies, because of this now all three of them have shattered dreams. This could show how the people during the American dreams back in the 1930’s do have hopes and dreams but most of their dreams do not come
Meanwhile Candy hopes for someone to hire him looking past old age and disability. All of these characters hope for something different, but all of them hope to get off the ranch and do something better with their life. Steinbeck uses Situational Irony to convey how these different characters have their own dreams that turn into illusions. This form of irony is expressed more throughout the book by showing that Lennie cannot maintain anything valuable to him because he will just destroy it. Lennie is always hoping to own a ranch with George and dreams to tend rabbits.
English Essay “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck “Individuals that are different are often marginalised or isolated from the community in which they live”. How is this true for characters you have studies in the novel “of Mice and Men”? The Great Depression of the 1930’s was a turbulent time. Hundreds and thousands of people lost their homes and their jobs. John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men details the lives of several people going through these harsh times.
Silvana Delgado Roberts Structure in Language and Literature II 04/05/2013 Of Mice and Men Essay The characters in Of Mice and Men have a feeling of loneliness and dissatisfaction throughout the book. Loneliness affects the life of Curley's wife, she has a desperate need to talk to anyone that is not her husband, and he's also the reason she is stuck at the ranch. Candy's loneliness comes from losing his pet that he has had for so many years, and he also fears that he will get fired. It also has an effect on Crooks, who does not spend time with people because he is judged and mistreated by the workers in the ranch. John Steinbeck creates the characters in Of Mice and Men with a theme of loneliness
Of Mice and Men In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinback, one of the main topics is loneliness. Loneliness is having a depressed feeling or being isolated. So in the novel “Of Mice and Men” many of the characters are feeling depressed and isolated. Such as Curley’s Wife, Candy, and Crook. Curley treats his wife as an object and forbids her from talking to other people.
Of Mice and Men Paper Throughout Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck discusses several themes; Alienation, Dreams, and Friendship. The theme of Alienation is shown mainly through the discrimination in 1930’s America. Various characters are shown as lonely and uncared for because of racism, sexism, and ageism. When he is first introduced, Crooks is clearly different from the other ranch hands. He has his own room, and can’t participate with the other workers.
In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the author writes about two migrant workers durning the Great Depression. The protagonist George and Lennie travel from town to town looking for work. George takes care of Lennie who is disabled. They find work in the town of Soledad on a ranch, two of the managers are Slim and Curley. Slim is the Prince of the ranch and is liked by the worker, Curley the boss' son is the true heir apparent and despised by the workers.
Explain how the idea of the American Dream is explored in ‘Of Mice and Men’. In this esaay I am going to explore how the ideas of the American dream is explored in ‘Of Mice and Men’ The title, Of Mice and Men, came from the saying “The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray and leave us nothing but pain for what might have been”. This is such a well-chosen name for the novel because it explains the factors leading to the characters’ dreams. The novel was written during the Great Depression of 1930 in the USA. It tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two displaced Anglo itinerant farm workers in California during the Great Depression (1929-1939).
He has the money to help support the purchase of the farm. “Maybe if I give you guys my money, you’ll let me hoe in the garden even after I ain’t no good at it” (60). He hopes for Lennie and George to let him work with them even if he gets too old. Candy trusts George and Lennie to let him work for them. Candy is miserable at the farm where he works until he met George and Lennie.
We are first introduced to the theme of loneliness when George is talking to Lennie about life on a ranch and how men on a ranch live compared to how they live, saying "Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place……..With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us” Lennie eagerly finishes George’s description of them saying “But not us!