Dreams Flashcards
George’s dream motivates him
“they ain’t got nothing to look forward to”
G only says to lennie he believes in it for him to behave
“Red and blue and green rabbits”
lennies md makes him obsessed and fixated on the dream- hallucinations
“He’s gonn beat the he’ll outa you with a stick”
CWs dream gives her hope in her isolation, even if it wasnt true
‘He was gonna put me in the movies, says I was a natural”
Dream was rooted from worrying memories- was in a bad place even back then
“I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere”
“I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere” How is this strange?
It’s ironic because she is still in a place like that
Getting married arguably meant the end of her dream
“So I married curley”
His dream givrs him hope as an elderly man
“A change came over candy”
Candy grasps onto any chance of the dream they have
” I been figurin’ “
“You and me can get that little place can’t we george?”
He gives up on life when the dream is no longer possible
“Old candy lay on the hay and covered his eyes with his arm”
Crooks doesn’t see the point in dreams because of what he’s experienced
“Hundreds of guys…the same damn thing in their heads”
Interacting with the men gave him hope
If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing, I’d lend a hand
His race holds him back
Crooks had retired into the terrible protective dignity of the negro
What does steimbeck use the dreams for?
Makes the characters more relatable and gives them more depth as it creates sympathy for them.
Intro
•He uses dreams to put emphasis on the true harshness of society at the time
•He explores the characters’ different emotions towards their own and others’ dreams
