... boss or rules and restriction. The two are best friends, and no matter how contrasting their characters may seem, the common goal they both share unites them. Their highest aspiration is to "get the jack together," purchase a few acres of land they can call their own, "an' live off the fatta the lan'". Most ... is to experience the world for herself. Perhaps her dream is just a dream and she lives the only life she thinks she can. Most of the characters in Of Mice and Men admit, at one point or another, to dreaming of a different life. Before her death, Curley's wife confesses her desir...

• Word Count: 780
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... trodden and the mentally disabled. I think the most important theme of this story is the importance of dreams and hope. Right from the beginning, you see how the characters of George and Lennie have a dream of someday owning their own land. The dream that always starts out "Guy's like us, that work on ranches, are ... the loneliest guys in the world". Their dream of owning a few acres of land, some chickens and cows, pigeons that fly around the windmill, and rabbits for Lennie to tend, and to "Live off the fatta the lan"." This ... dream really seems to be becoming a reality as the stor...

• Word Count: 812
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Of Mice and Men Lost Hope is like a contagious disease in the novel Of Mice and Men. Many of the characters have lost their hopes and dreams. Lennie, George, Candy, Curley and his wife all had hope at one point but lost it or a little piece of it as time progressed. ... dream come to reality is killed. The loss of his companion resulted in the loss of his hopes and dreams. His dream was to "have a little house and a couple of acres an" a cow and some pigs and live off the fatta the land." If George did not have to take care of Lennie "he woulda took his pay an" raised hell ... was lost fore...

• Word Count: 540
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School