How is crooks dream destroyed?

Eventually, however, Crooks is convinced that the dream is a possibility and even offers to join the men. He says, “ . . . . … Not only is Crooks’s dream destroyed by Curley’s wife, but the other men’s dream as well, as she is the cause of the tragedy which follows in chapter five and six.

Unlike most of the itinerant workers of the time, Crooks can read, and he owns some worthwhile literature.

This room was swept and fairly neat, for Crooks was a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs. His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine, and his eyes lay deep in his head.

What does Crooks‘ bunk tell you about him? He is tolerant because his bunk is so small and intelligent because he has a lot of books.

Crook’s American Dream is to be treated with the same amount of respect that white people get. Unfortunately, society, his disability and his race all hold him back and Crooks does not achieve his American Dream.

Crooks‘ American Dream consists of his being a part of George and Lennie’s plan to buy their own ranch. This will give Crooks the opportunity for more freedom and dignity, something he desperately lacks in his present situation.

Crooks at first repudiates Lennie’s idea that he and George are going to buy a farm and live off the fat of the land. He calls the dream a fantasy, stating, Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head.

Candy’s “American Dream” is to be apart of Lennie and George’s farm. He is dominated by depression and eventually gives up hope in achieving his American Dream. …

Crooks would like to be part of the plan to buy a farm because he has been terribly lonely and if he lived with George and Lennie and Candy, he would have others to be around; also having a plan for his old age would give him security. It is apparent that Crooks resents being marginalized on the ranch.

Hover for more information. Slim ends up giving Lennie one his puppies, and George warns him about petting it too rough and taking it out of its nest. In Chapter 5, Lennie accidently kills his puppy by being too rough with it. When Lennie is holding the dead puppy, he looks at it and says, “You ain’t so little as mice.

George recites the dream to Lennie like a story, which suggests that they don’t really believe in it, even though the things they are dreaming of are quite modest.

Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife by shaking and breaking her neck. He doesn’t mean to do it; as always with Lennie, he doesn’t know his own strength. … Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife after he begins shaking her so violently that he breaks her neck.

In Of Mice and Men, George feels anguish after killing Lennie, but he knows that killing Lennie was the most humane thing to do. In killing Lennie, George loses both a friend and a representation of his dreams.

Either Lennie dies by the law of Curley, by the law of the state, or by mercy. That mercy can only come from George. In conclusion, George is legally guilty of killing Lennie.

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“Well, I can go away,” said Lennie. “I’ll go right off in the hills an’ find a cave if you don’t want me.”

The primary reason why Curley’s wife is so lonely is due to the fact that she is the only female on the ranch; she has no one to identify with, does not have a sympathetic husband, and lacks social interaction.

George kills Lennie by shooting him in the back of the head to save him from a more painful death at the hands of Curley, who has vowed to make him suffer for the death of his wife.

Lennie has a mental disability, making him dependent upon George to manage day to day life in the difficult environment in which they live and work. Lennie is physically very strong (so his name is ironic), but cannot control himself, leading to escalating acts of accidental violence through the book.

Towards the end of Chapter 6, George is about to kill Lennie. His last words to Lennie have to do with their dream. He tells the whole story to Lennie again — how they will live, what it will be like. Then he kills Lennie.

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Lennie’s dream is to tend to rabbits on a farm with George, his best friend. His fear is that he will do something bad enough someday that will cause…

Candy’s greatest fear is that once he is no longer able to help with the cleaning he will be “disposed of.” Like his old dog, he has lived beyond his usefulness. Candy and his dog parallel the relationship of George and Lennie.