The Dreams And Hopes Of Mice And Men

In class, we've been reading "Of Mice And Men". The story is about George and Lennie, who travel around together searching for places to work for money. They get to work on a farm, and make both friends and enemies there. Even though it might be hard, they are doing their best to get some cash.

Now I'm going to write about how the hopes and dreams are important in the story, and to write about the dreams and hopes of two characters. I want to do this because it seems fun and interesting to work with. I'll focus on the future plans of the main characters, George and Lennie, starting with Lennie.

Lennie wants a nice place to live. In the story, George is telling Lennie about their future, where he imagines that they are living in a little house with some fields. They imagine that they'll have some animals, and Lennie is really looking forward to feeding their rabbits. "Tell about the rabbits, George!" is something you can hear Lennie shout a lot of times in the story.

George's dreams are not that different from Lennie's. He's the one who is telling Lennie about how they are going to live after they've worked up enough money. Therefore, I think George wants much the same as him;
Having a little ranch with a few pigs, chickens, a cow, and also the rabbits, taking care of themselves, and not just work on other farmer's ranches. In the story, we can also see him telling Lennie that if he lived without him, he could've had such an easy life.
"I could live so easily. I could work. Then at the end of the month I could take my fifty dollars to town and get whatever I want - food, drink, girls," George says. I think he wants to be free. He sure loves Lennie, but he also thinks that he would've been better off without him. It's like Lennie's pulling him down, setting limits. Not on purpose, of course, but he needs George to watch after him, se he can't fully focus on his job. I think he sometimes wants to be alone because of that.

As you can see, their dreams and hopes for a better future is not that different. In the story, it's around the year 1935. That's during the Great Depression. A lot of people just wanted some money and food, and a place to live. Lennie and George is two of those people. They want to save their future.

Sources;
- "Of Mice And Men", a book written by John Steinbeck
- A hand out our teacher gave us. She usen kids.britannia.com, wisegeek.com and kclibrary.lonestar.no
- Photos found here and here.





Fag: Engelsk