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   Dreams are a theme in the novel "Of Mice and Men" because their importance shines through several times throughout the novel. It is what keeps these two men, Lennie and George, together in that their dream is one and the same: to have their own farm one day where they won't have to worry about anyone else or any boss, just themselves. Additionally, and probably most importantly, dreams link this text to the time period it was illustrating. This was during the Great Depression, when many Americans were finding themselves in the same situation as Lennie and George: having to travel far to find work and always striving to get ahead, yet never being able to make enough money to do so. Dreams are the only things America had left, both dreams of earlier, better days, as well as dreams of a brighter future. Either way, the theme of dreams in the novel reflects the need to escape felt by all Americans. Dreams gave them that temporary escape, as well as the hope many needed to continue in a time of such adversity.

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   Posted by lizbv on Sunday November 30, 2008 at 5:40 PM