The American Dream

In Of mice and men talks a lot about dreams specifically the dream of having family, which Lennie, George, Candy do not have. Since Candy's dog died he has no family and basically his dreams are over.

Although Lennie and George travel around with eachother they are not family. In the beginning of the book george talks about his dream of owning his own farm, which him amd Lennie will live on and they will have rabbits and they will live off the fat of the land.

When Candy hears about this plan he wnat to join in because he has nothing else to look forward to his dreams have been crushed when his dog was shot. Lennie also got a puppy and when that puppy dies all of their dreams are over