AMERICAN DREAM
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- "All Men Are Created Equal"
- What is The American Dream?
- The Dream During The 1920s
- We can afford it in two years.
- Honey, what a nice house!!
- The Dream In Of Mice & Men
- The United States Declaration of Independence states that "all men are created equal" with the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The American Dream is the idea that every American can achieve their perspective of success, freedom, and independence.
- George & Lennie's Dream
- During the Roaring Twenties, Americans dreamed of having a decent job, buying a house, and obtaining upward mobility. Many middle-class Americans invested in the stock market. In 1929, everything changed. With the start of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, dreams were shattered. Moreover, the American Dream became unattainable.
- The Unattainable Dream
- John Steinbeck sets Of Mice and Men against the backdrop of the Great Depression. In the novella, George, Lennie, Candy, Curley's Wife, and Crooks all have a dream. They all desire a better life. However, Steinbeck reveals that for all the characters, the American Dream is unattainable.
- Candy's Dream
- Tired of working for others, George and Lennie dream of purchasing a "ten-acre" farm that equips them with security and independence. Also, Lennie dreams of "tending rabbits" on the farm. Although not so optimistic as Lennie, George believes that they will have a free and idyllic life soon (similar to his childhood).
- I could build a smoke house like the one gran'pa had. An' we'd keep a few pigeons to go flyin' around the win'mill like they done when I was a kid.
- We will have ten acres. We will be our own boss.
- And rabbits George!!
- George and Lennie's dream is unattainable. Despite always working hard, Lennie dies without living his dream. Without tending rabbits. Once Lennie dies, George has no one he can work with to achieve his dream. He cannot relive his childhood. George, rather, must continue working from farm to farm, trying to survive in an inhospitable world. 
- An’ you get to tend the rabbits.
- We gonna get a little place.
- We’ll have a cow. An’ we’ll have maybe a pig, an’ chickens, an’ down the flat we’ll have a little piece alfalfa—
- For the rabbits. And I get to tend the rabbits.
- Go on. How’s it gonna be. 
- Although George and Lennie keep their plans a secret, Candy overhears them talking about the dream farm: "You know a place like that?" Much older, hunchbacked, and having only one hand, Candy fears that his age is making him useless. Candy, therefore, convinces George to allow him to live on the future farm in exchange for $350.
- Well, I could get it for six hundred bucks. Why?
- I gotta think about that.
- You have a deal.
- How much they want for a place like that?
- S'pose I went in with you guys. Tha's three hunderd an' fifty bucks I'd put in. I ain't much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens. How'd that be?
- "I'd make a will an' leave my share to you guys in case I kick off. I got no relatives.
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