Literary Analysis of American Dream of Mice & Men

Analyze the theme, the inevitable failure of the American Dream, in Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men.

Literary Analysis of American Dream of Mice and Men

Analyze the dream of living off the “fatta of the land” and how it influences the characters in the novel (George, Lennie, Candy, Crooks, or Curley’s wife). What does Steinbeck say about the impossibility of the American Dream through these characters? At the same time, what is the power of the dream, even if it is fruitless?