Communication 
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The American dream consists of having your own bit of land, children, money and mainly independence and freedom. Within American society this dream is associated widely throughout many centuries and is still present today. This dream is not achievable for the characters in the story however Lennie and George still have hope. Lennie and George claim they are different because of the relationship and bond they have together. ‘With us it ain’t like that. We have a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us’. The quote is very direct implying they will succeed this dream however throughout the story this doesn’t become apparent. There are many reasons why these broken dream do not become fulfilled which I will go into further detail about. In 1937, America was going through a major depression where money, jobs and enjoyment of life was scarce. Men wanting work had to travel for miles where they lived on ranches and wasn’t paid well like George and Lennie. Steinbeck enforces this in the story where the characters dream and aspirations are not met. John Steinbeck grew up within the era of the depression and expresses in his writing a second person view where he understand the problems with society and makes them noticed.
In of mice and men the minor characters all face this problem. The problem is also down to prejudice. Prejudice is when someone is judged and look down upon based on an aspect of them often being unfair. For example Curley’s wife is prejudged as being weak and incapable being as she is a women. The author keeps her name from us implying she isn’t perceived with her name and is titled as Curley’s wife like a possession of his. Curley’s wife opens up about her dream to Lennie. ‘coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes’ Curley’s wife states what she could have been and wanted to do however that was hindered due to the prejudging of the American sexist society. When we look at the language in the quote for example ‘coulda’ it shows that the characters all have the same accent which Steinbeck enforces to show similarity and collectiveness that the characters have. This suggest the fact they all face the same problem.