Monday, March 22, 2010

Theme

A major theme throughout the novel is the pursuing of ones dreams. Each character has their own individual dreams in life. To begin with, George and Lennie have formed the idea of owning a large ranch with several animals and land where they may do as they wish. They travel from job to job with the same purpose in mind, and that is to raise enough money to buy their dream place.
While on the ranch, George and Lennie share their dream with a couple of other ranch hands, Crooks and Candy. Candy and Crooks develop the dream of following George and Lennie in their pursuit of happiness.

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