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Response to Literature Rough Draft During the 1930’s America was a differnt land. It was the land of no promise and misery for most of the polulation. Of Mice and Men is a novel about migrants worker George and Lennie. They’re working on a ranch in Salinas, California. George and Lennie have each other unlike most of the migrant workers that travel alone and never form relationships. They have a dream of one day being to live off the fat of their own land. As the story develops, George and Lennie make both good and bad relationships with the workers on the ranch.Their hopes are high and they’re determined to achieve their dream. They soon come to the conclusion that their dream is not as close as they thought it was. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck presents a theme about how the American Dream wasn’t accesible to most people, no matter how hard they tried to achieve it. Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men the theme of the American Dream is portrayed. While Candy and Lennie are talking to Crooks about the vision of the land they want, Curley’s wife interrupts and tries to descourage them. “I seen too many you guys. If you had two bits in the worl’, why you’d be getting two shots of corn with it and suckin’ on the bottom of the glass. I know you guys. (Steinbeck, 79).” Curley’s wife insists that their dream will never come true. She tells Candy, Crooks and Lennie that there are too many people with the same dream that end up wasting away. Many of the characters in the novel use the idea of the American Dream too soothe themselves. They don’t realize that their actual chances of achieving it are slim to none. At the time, they are in denial and won’t accept the fact that they will not be able to live this dream. They’re living in a dilussional reality with clouded judgement.