The American Dream in Of Mice and Men

The Epic of America (ironically written in the asses), the American breathing in Is that day-dream of a attain in which life should be better and richer and instinct(predicate) for ever soyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. (Tortuous). In the 20th century, we devour significantly warped that dream to slut a more self-centred type of person. Colleens base the American Dream on something much more different then what it originally meant. Today, m any Americans believe to achieve the American Dream means to be ICC and famous or have a successful business.People get caught up in this American Dream, that they forget the true nitty-gritty set by our Founding Fathers. Abraham Lincoln stated, You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set come out of the closet to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. , agreeing with Mr Tortuous. Despite this, society became so distorted when discrimination played a role. Obviously, the Founding Fathers didnt take the futures problems into consideration when fashioning the Ideal dream for Americans.They were unaware of the hardships the discriminated would face, which made It hard to make the American dream more than Just a dream. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows the death of the American Dream and why It was unattain able by many. The sasss was considered one of the toughest times in the history of the United States. Americans felt hope slight, saddened, and depressed. After the Wall Street crashed, the economy became cope chaos and a great smoothenfall after a already creation in a steep hole, in result of the World warfare II.Close to 10 percent of the population were unemployed. The country soon became filled with Jobless citizens, wanderers, and migrant workers. Owning a house was becoming something that was very rarely heard of. During this time, we key out how humans struggled to survive. Not having a roof over your head seems bad enough, but imagine sleeping hungry, night after night. All the success, hopes, and dreams were lost and went d induce the drain. As people continued to suffer daily, theyre pursuit of happiness seemed farther and farther away from the grasp of their palm.However, this all has to do with the equal opportunity that everyone should have to fulfill this dream. Some could not achieve the American dream because of a disadvantage pertaining to that person. Because of this, the dream isnt fully obtainable to all of those who wish to fulfill it. The polish of Opportunity was well on its way to being the Land of Misfortune. In Of Mice and Men, to show ageism during this time, the author Includes Candy In his novella. Candy dreams to own his own piece of land.It Initially starts when Candy hears about George and Liens dream to live off the fate the contribute to the investment of the property. Describing the dream land to Candy, George says, Expose they was a bazaar or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing. Wed Just go to her. We wouldnt ask nobody if we could. Jus say, Well go to her, an we would. Jus milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an go to her. (Steinbeck, pig. 57). The idea of this land is their motivation to keep working hard, hoping to one day be able to own land. You God damn tramp.You done it, didnt you? I spouse youre glad. Everybody endowed youd mess things up. You wasnt no good. You anti no good now, you lousy tart. , Candy says brutally to the corpse (Steinbeck, pig. 95). Here, Candys voice shakes from expressing his true feelings. He blames Curlers wife for ruining his dream since Liens share of the money is gone. Candy told George and Leonie the possible dangers of Curlers wife, but Leonie Just didnt know any better. Steinbeck depicts how the aged could not attain this dream of having land and being pertinent to a society where everyone was equal.Throughout the novella, Steinbeck depicts how the disabled could not fulfill their dream because they were discriminated against and treated differently. unitary would think that the mentally handicapped got special treatment, but that was not he case. During the Great Depression, everyone received equal treatment. Some were institutionalized. Other times, some couldnt stand in line for rations due to their liability, which left them hungry and helpless, since everyone else already had someone to care for, whether it was for themselves or for their family.In the story, Steinbeck uses Leonie to publicize that the mentally handicapped could also dream like the rest. Liens dream is to own land, but for one thing only to tend rabbits. The hell with the rabbits. Thats all you can ever remember is them rabbits. , George says as he explains the dream land to Leonie and all he hears out of it is the rabbits (Steinbeck, pig. 4-5). Even though Liens dream is to tend rabbits, George also has a dream and Le onie slows the process down greatly. God mighty, if I was altogether I could live so easy.I could go get a Job an work, an no trouble. No mess at all. An what I got. I got you You cant keep a Job and you lose me ever Job I get. Jus keep me shoving all over the country all the time. , George complains furiously (Steinbeck, pig. 11). After fleeing Weed (because of Leonie touching a girls dress), he says if it isnt for him, his life would be so much better. Later in the story, Leonie kills Curlers wife by accident. l done another bad thing, Leonie tells George, Just as he is get ready to kill Leonie.After George kills Leonie, Slim states, You Haddam, George. I swear, yah Haddam. (Steinbeck, pig. 107). This extract illustrates the hard choice that George had to make. Even if George had not killed Leonie, Curler would have, along with Georges American Dream. Their goals because they issued less rights than men. To show this in the book, the author exploits Curlers wife. She states, E verybody An what am I doing? Standing here talking to a bunch of bindle stiffsa Niger an a dumb-dumb and a lousy 01 sheep an liking it because they anti nobody else. (Steinbeck, pig. 79). This quote demonstrates how Curlers wifes right were constricted even more than the ranches. She cant even have fun or do anything without Curler, which goes to show why her name isnt even said. She Curlers belonging. However, before Curler, on that point was some hope in her life. l tell you I anti used to living like this. I could made something of myself. Come there when I was a kid. Well, a show come through, an I et one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my 01 lady would let me. She says because I was noon fifteen.But the guy says I could. If Id went, I wouldnt be living like this, you bet. , she explains (Steinbeck, pig. 88). Curlers wife had a chance to become a star, but her mother ruined it. She killed her dream by keeping her from being in the pictures since she was t oo young. If it wasnt for her 01 lady she wouldve been living her dream. From beginning to end of the novella, John Steinbeck exudes how African Americans during this time also had an American Dream, but could not make it a laity because of segregation. Crooks was the only African American on the ranch.Therefore, he was separated and put in a bunk next to the horses. Crooks dream was to be recognized and for everyone to be equal. l tell yah a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick. , exclaims Crooks to Leonie to try and explain to him his loneliness. Steinbeck shows how Crooks has his dream snatched away from him through racism. Even though the reader may see that the American Dream for these characters is way beyond reach and Just an illusion, I dont think its clear if they see that. However, when Crooks states, Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. Its Just in their head. , he is facing the harsh, bitter reality (Steinbeck, pig. 74). Crooks knows that such comfort and happiness are not to be make in that ambiance. In Of Mice and Men, an American Dream was evident for all characters, but they were beyond the bounds of possibility because of their skin color, gender, disability, age, or even a friend. Everyone was getting treated the same and prejudices during this time. Very little Justice lingered in the air. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck splays the impossibility of the American Dream to the discovered, discriminated people of the asses.