The Unattainable American Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The Unattainable American Dream Everyone has their own idea of attaining the american dream whether its tending rabbits or becoming the next billionaire. In Of Mice and Men Lennie’s dream is to tend rabbits on a little farm and George’s is to own a little piece of land and live off of it. The american dream is the belief that citizens will reach their goals in life whether by money or social class. Just like Lennie and Curley’s Wife they both have american dreams.

Eventually most american dreams are smashed by our own greed and desire for this, so ironically we make our american dream unattainable. Many people spend most of their lives trying to achieve the american dream (in their eyes). I believe that the American Dream is attainable