Of Mice And Men

English- Of Mice and Men

The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about many things, friendship, dreams, and even differences. Most of all dreams, dreams between Lennie and George. They wanted to live on the fat of the land. Dreams are an important theme that George and Lennie share and eventually Candy and Crooks.

At the beginning of the story you find out about Lennie and George and their dream together. You can tell that Lennie is especially excited about it. George told Lennie, " Ok, someday- we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and come pigs and-." When George is saying this Lennie gets really excited and says," An' live off the fatta the lan'," From then on Lennie can't stop thinking about getting the land and tending the rabbits.

Once George and Lennie get their new job on the farm, they meet a lot of other farmers that help on the land. Two people from the farm ask to join in on the dream. One of the peoples is Candy, George and Lennie were talking about the land when they were sitting in the bunkhouse. Candy was lying in bed and overheard the dream. Candy had asked to join in with George and Lennie. Candy said excitedly," How much they want for a place like that?" Candy told George and Lennie that he would be canned soon for his hand. Candy explained to George," An' they give me two hundred dollars case I los' my hand. An' I got fifty more saved up right in the bank, right now. Tha's three hundred dollars and I got fifty more coming at the end of the month."

After Candy joined into the dream Crooks thought about joining. All the guys had gone into town and Lennie stayed behind. Lennie had walked over to Crook's bunk. Lennie mentioned," We're gonna have rabbits and a berry patch," and Crooks thought he was