Of Mice And Men

1
Of Mice And Men

• By Leah Hungerford, Claudia Brewer and Paul Allen

2
Dreams

• Who has a dream in the novel?
• All of the characters in the book except from the
  boss. But we only find out about some of them.
• Candy to keep his dog alive. I had im too
  long. When Candy loses this dream of having his
  dog alive he latches onto someone elses dream.

3

• Curley champion boxer and to be taller. For
  example Curleys like a lot of little guys. He
  hates big guys. This shows us that he tries to
  be intimidating to others larger than himself.
  Also he is trying to prove the point that even
  smaller sized people can be threatening.

4

• Crooks to have equal rights as white people.
  For example If I say something, why its just a
  nigger sayin it. This shows us that Crooks
  doesnt want to be 3rd class and to be equivalent
  to white men.

5

• George, Lennie and Candy dream is to own a
  ranch and to live off the fatta the lan. This
  shows us that that George is trying to give
  Lennie the best possible life he can have. Also
  it gives Lennie something to look forward to even
  though their dreams are shattered.

6

• Curleys wife to be an actress. She wants to be
  an actress so she can get attention that she
  doesnt get. For example I coulda made somethin
  of myself. Maybe I will yet

7
Why are dreams important?

• Dreams are important because they motivate you,
  they give you hope and strength and something to
  look forward to. They also give you the strength
  to carry on with your life and to achieve
  something great.

8
How realistic are peoples dreams?

• None of the characters dreams are realistic which
  goes back to the Scottish poem by Robert Burns,
  which is that nothing can go to plan. Gang aft
  agley. The dreams in the book cannot be achieved
  because they are not benefitted enough in the
  terms of money. However for the boss it is
  different as he is already living George and
  Lennies dream.

9
How does the context to the novel link with this
theme?

• The context links to the theme because most of
  the characters in the book are poor and do not
  have very many friends or a proper family and
  home. Therefore, this influences the theme
  because they are aiming for something they cant
  have. As well as this most of the characters have
  to jump between jobs. George and Lennie have to
  travel around looking for jobs due to The Wall
  Street Crash and The Great Depression.

10
What points do you think Steinbeck was trying to
make by including this theme?

• Steinbecks point that he was trying to make was
  that dreams allow you to keep on living your life
  in order to succeed and to aim for a better life.
  Also, because life was difficult at the time it
  was almost impossible to get what you dreamt for.
  This stopped all the characters from achieving
  their dreams and instead receiving great pain.