The American dream seemed far away.
George and Lennie throughout Of Mice and Men have a dream of owning a farm. This dream is mentioned over and over again:.
"We"re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an" a cow and some pigs-.
George repeats the same story time and again to Lennie. How he has Lennie and Lennie has him to look after each other. However the readers acquire adumbrations that their dream will fail on numerous occasions:.
"Any you boys seen Curley?.
They swung their heads towards the door, it was Curley's wife".
Curley and his wife both smash George and Lennie's dream. This tells the reader that their dream is not meant to be and that their will always be an object stopping them from fulfilling it. George and Lennie want a sense of belonging, motivation and fulfilment. George also dreams of a better place for Lennie, who has the mental age of a six year old. George looks out for Lennie and rescues him when he gets into trouble. When Lennie had just accidentally killed Candy's wife George takes care of him by putting him out of his misery.
"Ever" bodies gona be nice to you. Ain't gonna be no more trouble.
Nobodies gonna hurt anybody nor steal from "em.".
George realises that the best place for Lennie is in heaven. Although Crooks persistently forces that heaven does not exist. I think George believes he will go to heaven. George deems that Lennie would be better off dead rather than caged up like and animal.
During section four in the novella Crooks joins the dream. His initial reaction when Lennie tells him of the dream farm is one of bewilderment:.
"You"re nuts." Crooks was scornful "I see hundreds of men come by on the road an" on the ranches with their bindles on their back an" that same damn thing in their head.".
Crooks has been working on the ranch for years and has seen many migrant workers come for a job, trying to raise enough money to fulfil their American dream, buying a piece of land.