Dreams And The Characters In Of Mice And Men

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Slide 2 George represents the average American during the Great Depression. He was wise in his own ways, hardworking and capable. Yet he was faced with an austere life. All his qualities and hard work had yielded no success in owning his own property. The impossibility of his dream was very real to him. Lennie represents everything that the average sensible person was not. Mentally handicapped, he was even lowlier regarded than the average migrant ranch worker. He is essentially a social misfit. The difference was that he was less conscious of his predicament. He had the ability to believe beyond rationality. He was not weighted down by the cares of this world. His mental disability was an advantage when it comes to envisioning the dream. Slide 3 i) The unusually close friendship of George and Lennie is an enigma to other characters in the story. The many burdens of the typical adult during this period of unprecedented crisis had resulted in each man fighting for himself. Trust between men was eroded by personal concerns. Minds were unable to dream of something bigger than the cares of everyday life. The dream of George and Lennie, allowing the 2 men to work on a common vision, was one of the factors contributing to the formation of a friendship with trust between the two. ii) However, the friendship was not a natural union of the 2 men. A little issue such as Lennie asking for ketchup revealed the tension between the 2 men. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want. George would have been completely fine by himself. Lennie, being slower, had gotten George and himself into trouble at Weeds. We can easily guess that Lennie had lost a job for both of them many times. In a

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