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In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, it is about the adventure of two men, George Milton and Lennie Small. Even though they both are different in many ways, they find a ranch to work in together so they can get money and have their own place to live in with food, animals, and most importantly, rabbits for Lenny. One symbol in the story is George’s and Lennie’s dream farm and it symbolizes the possibility of freedom, and protection from the harshness of the world. Another symbol in the story is Crook’s room and it symbolizes loneliness and solitude mainly because of his color. Candy’s dog is another symbol and he symbolizes Candy himself. One symbol in the story is George’s and Lennie’s dream farm and it symbolizes the possibility of freedom, and protection from the harshness of the world. Likewise, it shows their hopes and dreams and the idea of them having something to look forward to in life. For instance, when they were looking for a ranch to work in, George says, “‘Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world...They don't belong no place...With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us...Someday-we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres...[Lennie says] an' live off the fatta the lan', An have rabbits,’” (p.13,14). This verifies that one symbol in the story is George’s and Lennie’s dream farm and it symbolizes the possibility of freedom, and protection from the harshness of the world because when they talk about their dream house, they know that they will stick together and will work until they can reach their goal. If they work hard, they might have their own freedom- Lennie can pet the rabbits at... ... middle of paper ... ... just like his dog. To cite another instance, when Candy was talking to George and Lennie about their dream farm, Candy says, “‘You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn't no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody'd shoot me. But they won't do nothing like that. I won't have no place to go, an' I can't get no more jobs,’” (p.60) This proves that Candy’s dog is another symbol and he symbolizes Candy himself because this is basically Candy realizing that he's weak and not really important to anyone on the farm; he has no more power than his dog, who was shot. Candy is trying to convince George to allow him to go with him to the dream ranch because, not only does Candy have the $350 to put the down payment on the farm, but he's willing to work there since no one is going to help him, and he's going to get fired soon.

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