The Relationship Between Two Itinerant Workers in Of Mice and Men :: John Steinbeck, Literary Analysis, Analytical Ess

John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men focuses on the relationship between devil itinerant workers George and Lennie. The average itinerant worker moved from patch to place to find work, travelling alone. They led very lonely lives, and the majority had no family and didnt run low anywhere. But George and Lennie travelled together, the simple desire for union and friendship as well as their dream binded John Steinbecks main characters together. George and Lennies dream is to live on a conjure up with a bit of land and a few animals somewhere that they back end call their own. John Steinbeck based Of Mice and Men on the Ameri digest Dream, which was apprehension to be every mans goal in American in the 20th centaury. People wanted to feel fulfilled and respected, to belong somewhere and feel safe, happy and content. The dream was rooted from The Wall highway Crash of 1929 that was followed by The Great Depression in the 1930s. Many state lost their jobs and were forced to travel to different places to find work. Of Mice and Men shows on the dot how unachievable and unrealistic this shared dream really is. The title of the defy is based upon a line from Robert Burns poem To a swipe it quotes The best laid plans of Mice and Men will always go widely suggesting that however much you plan and however hard you work things can always go wrong.George and Lennie are photographic opposites of each other. George Milton is a small, trim, dogged man with defined features and a sharp mind. Lennie Small is huge and formless with a childlike mind (slightly mentally retarded) but very physically strong. The two men are held together by their dream (the American Dream to have their own place and be their own masters. As they sit by the river Lennie convinces George, in a childlike manner to ordinate him about their dream of their own little place. Come on George. see me please George. Like you done before. Although George seems reluctant we can tell that he enjoys talk ing about the dream from this quote Georges voice became deeper, he repeated his words rhythmatically as though he had said them many another(prenominal) times before. This quote also tells us that George and Lennie discuss their dream a lot. Lennie interrupts, his enthusiasm overriding his self-control again demonstrating his childlike mind and how frequently they must discuss their dream for him to remember the details when he so often forgets other things.