"Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck. Composed of four major themes, the value of dreams and goals, moral responsibility, social injustice, and the bond of friendship and loyalty

'Of Mice and Men', by John Steinbeck, is composed of four major themes.

These themes are the value of dreams and goals, moral responsibility, social injustice,

and the bond of friendship and loyalty.

The value of dreams and goals are that they provide hope and the desire to keep

going in life, rather than laying down to die. When Lennie is feeling depressed in the

woods he asks George to tell him about the 'dream farm' again. This is the farm that

Geore and Lennie hope to own someday. Even though this dream seems almost

impossible at the time it still generates enough hope to keep Lennie and George going.

When George starts talking bout it Lennie gets all excited and happy and so does

George. Another example of the power of dreams is when Candy over hears George

and Lennie's 'dream farm' and becomes a part of the dream.

Lennie James

Lennie James

Lennie James

Candy goes from a

depressed sad additude to a cheerful excited one. He now has hope of doing something

and it came from the 'dream farm'. A final example of the value of dreams and goals is

when Crooks hears of the farm. Crooks is a lonely black man who has no future, but

when he starts to think of how he can be a part of the dream he also gets happy and

excited, until his dream is crushed.

Many people of good character have to honor certin moral responibilites.

George is bond by his own moral to take care care of Lennie. No one makes him do it,

he just does it because it feel like the right thing to do. Candy felt like he neglected his

moral responibility to shoot his own dog. Candy felt real bad inside because it...