Importance Of Journeys In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a fiction novel. This novel is about two best friends who work as farm hands. Both men dream of owning a farm together one day. On the way to that dream the men face some struggles and that is what most of the novel is about. The novel goes into detail about how they overcome their struggle.
George and Lennie are both main characters in Of Mice and Men. They both have journeys that they go on throughout the book. George was a quick-witted man who cared for Lennie. George took on the job of caring for Lennie when his aunt died. He frequently spoke about how his life would be better if he did not have to care for Lennie. Although he spoke of this often he was devoted to Lennie and to delivering them the farm

Through out the story you see this over and over again. It also had several other theme’s that where very evident in the novel. The first theme you see in the novel is the need for human contact. Characters in this novel wanted a friend or you could say a listening ear. Some of them settled for complete strangers because they could not find that in the people that they were close to. The Impossibility of the American dream is the second theme. Each character had a dream that they never fulfilled. They all wanted the American dream but never achieved it and the American dream is different for

I think my favorite thing about this novel was the realistic ending. Some books try to just give you a fairy tale but this book had an ending that mad you think in the end if I was in the same position would I do the same thing. I didn’t like the fact that the novel portrayed mental illness in a way to say that it needed to be hidden and protected. I thought this novel was very believable for the time period that it was set in. I think the ending to this novel was perfect it was an accurate ending to this