George goes more into depth about he himself, Lennie, and Curley of the future stating, “S’pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing. We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Jus’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would. Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her” (60-61). The futuristic scene conveys the idea of George, Lennie, and even Candy that they still are attached to the idea
The other characters have other dreams too, just like George and Lennie. The author John Steinbeck expresses the universal idea that most people dream of a different life to achieve happiness. First of all, the idea that most people dream of a different life is proven from George and Lennie’s dream of owning a farm. Before arriving to the ranch, George and Lennie talk about their dream and they say, “We’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work, and we’ll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof“ (14,15).
Also, they can keep many rabbits and chickens. They come to the ranch searching for the beautiful American dream. They look hopefully to work hard, and earn money. George says,’ Got a little win’mill. Got a little shack on it, an’ a chicken run.
It is not entirely unlikely, in fact it seems quite achievable. However, given the fact that neither Lennie nor George are perfect, they will always be swayed by malignant forces from the ranch that don’t want them to achieve their goals, like temptation or wrath. 2. “’Listen to me, you crazy bastard,’ he said fiercely. ‘Don’t you even take a look at that bitch.
I was always scared every year, she would turn on these songs and I knew I could do it. Everyone always loved the stuffing that I made with grandma. She taught me a lot about cooking when I was young. I wish I still could cook with her today. But she lives two hours away and doesn’t have a knee.
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 and—’ ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’,’ Lennie shouted. ‘An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it’”(Steinbeck 8). This explains that they had everything planned out.
The man told Curley's wife he could get her on the show but her mother said no because ‘’she was too young’’. Later, Curley's wife met a man who said he was from Hollywood and could get her into pictures. The man said he would write when he returned to Hollywood. Since she never heard from the man, Curley's wife assumes her mother kept the letter. She confronted her mother, who denied keeping the letter from her.
"Long before I began to visit actual candy factories, I harbored elaborate fantasies about visiting candy factories" (Bradway and hesse 157). As studied in the book Creating Nonfiction, chapter 3, is very important to start an essay correctly because it makes the reader feel interested to continue reading, and also it tells you an idea that what will be the essay about. Candyfreak, is a very interesting name, and it would be interpreted as someone's passion. What things Almond will experience? Would Almond satisfy himself after his adventure?
“For after finding out who Lio was exactly, mama had forbidden Minerva to bring him into the house” (Alvarez 75). She kept Lio away from the house but she did not stop seeing him. Lio had to leave because his name was all over the newspapers and the police were looking for him. When Lio left he said he would write Minerva every day. Lio left, Minerva was not receiving any letters and was kind of curious because he did say he would right her every day.
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