The characters in Of Mice and Men show that everyone needs a dream to survive, something to live for. Something that they can strive for so that they know every time they lift a bail of hay or change a horses hoofs, they are working and getting closer to that beloved dream.
The characters in Of Mice and Men are hobos. Most of them dont have a home or family and are nomadic, they travel and move from one place of work to another and are quite lonely people, the reader know this because George says Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. Whilst working on the ranch, some of the men find themselves working for and pursuing a dream. This is important and also good because it gives workers something to live for. Instead of working most of their lonely and boring lives and then one day stopping to realise they have worked all these years and travelled for miles from place to place just to find work, saved and then be too old or not know what to do with it. Having this dream gave them motivation and a desire to finally live that dream. Sure not all the workers had a dream in Of Mice and Men, but then what is the point in working for nothing all your life?
Some of the characters in Of Mice and Men not only have a dream but also some have a vision, a vision of a happy place, and a sanctuary in their mind. Which relates to their dream. The reader knows this because, in chapter one George explains to Lennie about their vision of a happy place in their mind, which is the day their dream turns to reality. George tells Lennie how they will have a little house and a couple or acres ana cow and some pigs and... an live off the fatta the lan Lennie shouts. And we know that during Of Mice and Men George and Lennie both take themselves to their vision of their happy place when the times are tough.
Another character in the book has a dream of a different kind, not of owning their own farm, but instead a dream of having some recognition, like Crooks who is referred to as the Negro stable buck he has a dream as well. His dream is that he is treated equally and fairly by the other ranch workers, and rest of the world. And the reader can tell this by the way Crookes responds to Lennie and Candy in his room in chapter four. Usually Crookes wouldnt be spoken to very much. The reader can pick up that Crooks loves the company that Lennie and Candy are providing because he lets them in and engages in conversation with them. After reluctantly responding very positively to this company and recognition towards him, he is more than just the Negro stable buck but someone they can talk to, just like the rest of the ranch workers. Even though he tells Lennie and Candy to leave his room, he does this because owning his own room is one of the only things on the ranch that Crookes has control over.
In conclusion the reader can see that, having a dream in life is important. It provides motivation for whatever job you are doing and gives you something happy to think about or to refer to in tough or unpleasant circumstances. This is one of the constant themes throughout Of Mice and Men.
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