The American Dream In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'

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Jared Brown English II 10/22/12 Theme of “Of Mice and Men” Rough Draft In the novella, “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck, the author provides quotes to exemplify the theme of the impossibility of the American Dream. The majority of the characters in the story have some kind of dream that they could not pursue because of certain circumstances. For example, Curley’s wife said, “Coulda been in the movies and had nice clothes. All them nice clothes like they wear… I coulda sat in them big hotels and had pictures took of me… I always thought my ole lady stole it… He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural.” This quote shows that Curley’s wife had a dream to become famous and live happy life, but felt like her mom always

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