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Essay / Lennie and George's dream in Of Mice and Men by John...
1.describe Lennie and George's dream. How is their dream representative of the dreams of migrant workers in the 1930s?A.intro paragraph1.hooka. The Declaration of Independence; signed in 1783 describes the American dream of “freedom of life and the pursuit of happiness”. Most Americans strive and work their lives toward this goal, no matter the day or age, our light at the end of the tunnel is the product of this “perfect.” American Dream.2.thesisa.george and Lennie have a dream like many others: to repair the era of the Great Depression.b.During the 1930s, depression hit the United States. Dreams were shattered, hopes were dashed, and everyone struggled to achieve the seemingly impossible American dream. Body of paragraph no. 11. Both George and Lennie want to own land that they can call their own. “to live off the fatta of the earth”(13)2. George strives to own a few acres of land with animals such as pigs and animals. chickens. Lennie strives to take care of rabbits because he likes soft things.a.This dream would allow George and Lennie to provide for themselves and provide protection from an inhospitable world.3. One wonders if George really believes this dream is possible or if he plays a role in keeping Lennie happy and giving him some hope so that the days aren't so blue. Either way, George wants this dream, but how he gets it and what the price of that dream is will soon be determined. "All the parents have vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whiskey we can sell one a few eggs or something, or a little milk. We would live there. We wouldn't have any more our place running across the country and being fed by a Japanese cook No, sir, we would have made it our own place where we belonged and not sleeping in a bunk house."b. We can ...... middle of paper ...... grow old, but with the same goal in mind.D. Conclusion1. In the book Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie go looking for work from one ranch to another. They set out in pairs in hopes of raising enough money to buy their own ranch and work for themselves. This is also what happened during the Great Depression from 1929 to 1939. There was mass migration in search of jobs, which left cities vacant and others overcrowded. The crime rate also increased as petty thefts occurred to put food on the table. We can see a similar phenomenon in Of Mice and Men where Lennie steals Carlsons Lugers, even though it wasn't to put food on the table, it was petty theft because most people couldn't not afford this type of goods.2. Overall, George and Lennie struggled to achieve the same dream as migrant workers during the Great Depression, even though this dream was almost impossible and rarely achieved..