Of Mice And Men - Dreams

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utter respect and dominion over the other workers and Curley’s wife reveals before her death how she “coulda been in the movies.” Crooks rightly sums it up when he says, “I seen hundreds of men … come, an’ they quite an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head.”

And what is the point of having these dreams? Most of the characters have expressed their personal unhappiness in their situation. Before the novel even begins, circumstances have denied the characters their desires. Candy lost his hand in an accident and constantly lives in the fear that he will no longer be useful to the ranch and will have outstayed his welcome. Curley’s wife married a man who she professes not to like. Crooks is black and therefore faces all of the racial prejudice that comes with being the only black man on the ranch. Out of all the main characters, Slim is the only one who has no desire attain the unattainable. He is at ease with his situation, and by comparing ...

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