The dream is one of the ideas used in the text. Without dreams on one has a reason to keep going. A dream is something you indulge in, to escape from life. This seems to be the context that Steinbeck planned for his characters. When Steinbeck refers to the ranch workers dreams he is referring to the American Dream, this was a common belief of Americans in the depression. It is a dream that they can own their own land and work for themselves.

The character George a migrant ranch worker “a small and quick man, dark of face with restless eyes and sharp, strong features” dreams of one day saving enough money to buy his own place and be his own boss. His only set-back is his mentally handicapped friend Lennie who travels with him and has since George promised Lennie’s aunt Clara he would look after him after she died. George’s

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