They look after each other, when they travel, and they dream of a new life by owning their own ranch, where Lennie gets to tend the rabbits. If they did not have each other, they would be lonely, and “Guys like us are the lonliest guys in the world. They got no family, they don’t belong no place.” (Page 15). The dream of the ranch keeps them going, and they like being together, “…Because I got you to look after me, and you’ve got me to look after you.” (Page 15). This makes them different from the other migrant workers.
No one should ever have to go through this but in this case, George was forced to take the life of his dear friend. George kills Lennie because if he doesn’t, Curley will torture him or he will rot in jail for murdering Curley’s wife. Lennie, being someone as innocent as he is, can’t handle that. Some may say that George was only trying to get Lennie off his back and that he shouldn’t have ended Lennie’s life but he had to kill him. He didn’t want to kill him but he needed to in order to save his friend from suffering.
George must take all of the responsibility for Lennie, for his own good; Lennie is a burden to him but can’t throw him aside, time has made the link between them stronger and they will stand side by side until they reach their dream; The American Dream. George and Lennie travel together to reach their goal, along the way they fantasies about what the future may hold for them. They dream of freedom and peace. Lennie being a child lets his imagination run riot; owning rabbits with different colored fur and to get their own
On the flip side, the root of Lennie’s dream is not about getting away of the dirty bunk house and to live a life with pride. In Lennie’s mind, it is all about having the garden with all the rabbits and to live with George. Referring back to the text, Lennie said “Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages.” Living on a more simple life and leaving the bunk house is definitely not Lennie’s first option, he does not care a bit about it. This is because Lennie has no wisdom of righteousness.
I disliked how George did not struggle to shoot Lennie during the film. While reading the description of Lennie’s murder and the ranch the men dreamed of owning, Lennie’s death was extremely suspenseful. As the director of the movie, I would have chosen to exaggerate Lennie’s death rather than it being a short, diminutive scene. From Steinbeck’s account, Lennie’s death reflects the end of his own problems, and moreover the lack of responsibility George was able to release following his painless decease. Making his death slower would have shown a better portrayal of an important outlook of Lennie’s life and struggles, and how important Lennie meant to George.
George says that they will have strawberries and rabbits and their own little house to live in without rules or restrictions. George's and Lennie's dream was so appealing that Candy and Crooks wanted to join their dream of owning a farm because they thought that George and Lennie were close to reaching that dream. George's and Lennie's dream appealed to Candy and Crooks because it was everything that they also wanted to have but had never achieved it. However, a dream is only a dream, not reality. In fact, it was obvious when Candy and his dog were used as an example of parallel characters to George and Lennie.
Firstly, dreams serve as a vital escape mechanism for the characters, to help them cope whilst living through the American Depression, where life is lonely and difficult. They are the foundations of what makes life worth living. George and Lennie’s dream means different things to both of them. ; Lennie is mainly concentrated on his childlike aspiration to ‘tend the rabbits’ due to his love of petting soft things, while the crux of the dream for George is to have ‘our own place where we belonged’ because he is desperate to work for himself and have people around him to which he belongs. George tells Lennie ‘You know all of it’, which shows the huge importance of their dream, that even forgetful Lennie has memorised it - they use their dreams as an escape from the harsh reality of life on the ranch.
Chen Da wouldn’t be able to achieve anything if his family just give up on him, and think he will be a farmer for rest of his life. The reason that made Chen Da success is his guilt towards his family, because they believe in him. His family never gave up on him; instead they kept on encouraging him to do better. Eventually, Chen Da became clear of what he has to do to pay his family back, and that’s the power of family. Chen Da’s family gave him power to become what he is
‘but now, like a swarm returning to the hive’ he must remember the reasons why he is still here, why he must work and why he must support his family stopping him, and every other man that has dreamed of doing the same, from leaving behind the wretched world of labour and poor reward. With this the poet succeeds in to the reader because we all have dreams we want to fulfil, things we want to do but the honest ones of us don’t leave our duties behind for someone else to clean-up; But, we have dreams which keep us going though tough circumstances no matter how unlikely they are to come true. So his dreams ‘sail’ back to where they belong while he is at work. In the ‘black eaves’ of the back of his mind. ‘My heart turns to its melancholy work’ has been very carefully worded.
Men and women seek hope in his or her lives in order to make something of themselves useful, but they cannot find it because of the fact that they are too isolated by his or her surroundings. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck illustrates Lennie’s friend, George, as a person who has a bit of hope, but is worried that his “partner” is going to ruins his life once again like at the time they were at Weed. George is often characterized as a person who has to take care of Lennie because he knows that the only person that could ever make things go wrong is Lennie. “Am I My Brother’s Keeper” specifically represents George because it shows that even though he has little hope on his side, he has to take of one’s life, and that is Lennie Small. When George has hope on his side, he says, “We’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens.