"The best thing of mice and men often go awry" is the modern translated version Scottish poet whose cynical view of men the basis of Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". For George and Lennie did have a dream, a dream though not very original, still spurred them on nevertheless. Steinbeck depicts the harsh reality and cruelty of the world, society at the time when the book was written. The best laid plans don't often happen, through the title, there is already a foreshadowing prophecy of the tragedies that are to come. .
George and Lennie cling to each other in the sense that they believe when they are together, things are different, that together they are not like the rest of the world, together they will not turn bitter and twisted like all that are around them. George may haps never fully put himself into the picture, but there were still small measures of hope that kept the dream alive. Lennie on the other hand, due to his limited mental capability, only comprehended to the parts where he could look after things, like his obsession with the rabbits, " tell me about the rabbits- never truly understanding George's meanings. The protagonists however still believed that because they were together, they could make things happen, though due to characteristic like Crooks and Curley's Wife, they are brought to the harsh realities of life at the time.
The characters in the novel, at least the characters that Steinbeck decides to develop, all had a dream of some form. Curley's Wife hated being alone and at the ranch by herself, therefore her dream was a fantasy of escape where she would be a famous actress, " I could've went to Hollywood-, she revealed desperately one time to Lennie, Crooks and Candy.
Crooks was bitter and cynical about life, until Lennie unwittingly approached him in his room, he does not reveal his feelings openly, but due to Lennie and George's relationship, Crook's loneliness comes flowing out, as well as his dream to be racially accepted, " they don't invite me-.
