Of Mice And Men Dreams And Reality Essay

Not all Dreams Become Reality Dreams are imaginary perfect situations created for one person. People control and plan dreams for one special day and it takes time. Reality is the opposite of dreams because reality is not planned nor is it controlled by one person. Life and reality give us opportunities to achieve our goals and dreams, but it does not just grant people their dreams without any desire or will to achieve them. Dreams give people motivation to work harder and work to become successful in life. Characters in the books we read had dreams, but each one them had opportunities to achieve their dreams while some succeed others failed. Dreams are thoughts that run through people's minds that create perfect lives for themselves. Gatsby and Daisy
The two of them dreamt of a perfect farm rich with animals and crops and it was just the two of them without anyone they needed to report to. Reality did not cooperate with dreams and hopes for a better life. Lennie was confronted with temptations and obstacles and George was left to cover up Lennie's mistakes. George also had a dream of wanting to be away from Lennie and to relieve himself of the responsibility to take care of Lennie. "If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want" said George. George's dream did not quite turn out the way he had planned or hoped. In the end he realized enough was enough and Lennie could no longer behave the way of not listening. George may have disliked Lennie at times, but Lennie was his best friend and never wanted to harm him. Lennie especially had deep long planned dreams that just did not turn into a reality for either of them. Reality is unplanned events that do not always fall the way people want unlike dreams which are imaginary perfect places we want to