She says to Lennie, “Come there when I was a kid. Well, a show come through, an’ I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol’ lady wouldn’t let me. She says because I was on’y fifteen.
This scares Nanny so she decides to marry Janie off to Logan Killicks an older man with lots of money and land. Nanny forces Janie to marry him at the age of sixteen. She does not love him nor is he attractive to her. Logan just wants her to be another hand behind the plow. A short time after they marry she meets Joe Sparks, who is also much older than Janie.
Candy needed his dog to get jobs on a cattle farm as he could herd animals and his dog needed an owner in his older age. Candy also has a strong yet short relationship with George and Lennie. "I'd make a will an' leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, cause' I ain't got no relatives nor nothing." Steinbeck shows how willing Candy is to his word by using inclusive tone. Candy shows a sense of compassion towards George and Lennie as he is giving two strangers his life's savings when he passes away.
In addition to this, as he is a respected figure on the ranch, he feels no need to vocalize a dream. George Lennie and Candy all have the dream to live on a farm and become independent. George says “Some day- we’re going to get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres … “. This was a very common dream for migrant workers in 1930’s America, however due to Lennie’s actions; the
Two characters that could be portrayed as victims of society are Curley’s wife from ‘’Of Mice and Men’’ and Eva Smith from ‘’An Inspector Calls’’. Both characters are really similar to each other; they are young and both wanting a better life. Eva Smith lost both parents and lost her last two jobs because her boss thrown her just because she argued for a bigger pay for the workers who puts in so much effort. Gerald helped her with everything but Gerald chose Sheila instead, because she was richer. Eva had no choice as she was pregnant and she couldn’t get a job so she killed herself in a dramatic way.
They look after each other, when they travel, and they dream of a new life by owning their own ranch, where Lennie gets to tend the rabbits. If they did not have each other, they would be lonely, and “Guys like us are the lonliest guys in the world. They got no family, they don’t belong no place.” (Page 15). The dream of the ranch keeps them going, and they like being together, “…Because I got you to look after me, and you’ve got me to look after you.” (Page 15). This makes them different from the other migrant workers.
The first paragraph will be about curleys wife, then George then Lennie. The characters in this novel struggle to make ends meet and follow their dreams. Curleys wife is a beautiful but permiscious woman who lives on the ranch where lennie and George work. Although married to Curley she has other affections with the men who work on the ranch. She explains to lennie how she would be without curly "coulda been in the movies, an had nice clothes" (Steinbeck
It is evident that all Lennie dreams about are the animals that they are going to have, particularly the rabbits. On the contrary, all George desires is to live on a simple life, being away from the dirty bunk house and be treated as a respectable person. This displays the different perceptions of the farm between George and Lennie. George and Lennie have separate thoughts about the farm. It almost appears
American Dream The novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ write by Steinbeck. John Steinbeck tells a story about workers have American dream in the ranch. Many people have beautiful dreams in their life. However, no one really get it, no one get good life at that time period. He tries to show the American dream is impossible and illusory at that time period.
George and Lennie dream to own their own farm and to have the freedom to be their own bosses and be treated fairly by each other. On page 63, George described their dream. There would be “all kin's a vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whisky we can sell a few eggs or something, or some milk. We'd jus' live there. We'd belong there.