The two main characters in this novel, George and Lennie, are completely the opposite to each other, both physically and mentally, but they both have the same hope/dream of what life will be like when they have enough money. Lennie is very large, and also very strong, at times he doesn't know his own strength, as you see on a number of occasions. One time you can see this when he kills the puppy in the stable. Lennie has the mind of a child and, while George is strong minded and determined. He is left responsible for Lennie when Lennie's Aunt Clara dies. He knows that Lennie wouldn't be able to survive without him, but I also think that George needs Lennie to a certain extent. .
George and Lennie share a dream that one day they will own a house "An" live off the fatta the lan". Lennie believes everything that George tells him, I get the impression that Lennie is excited about the dream because when he is talking about it with George, Steinbeck says that "Lennie shouted" as he recalls that they will "live off the fatta the lan" finishing George's sentence for him. He knew what George was going to say, as he probably always went over the dream in his head. George on the other hand didn't really want to have to tell the dream again and says to Lennie .
"Can't you do it yourself. You know all of it".
From this, I can see that they talk about the dream a lot, as George says that Lennie knows it already. George knows that it keeps Lennie happy by telling him the story, which makes me think that he doesn't really believe in it, but he is just giving Lennie a bit of hope for the future. .
They are not the first to have had this dream, so they get told when they tell people about it at the ranch. .