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For centuries, Americans have gone west in search of what is called “The American Dream”. And still, writers try to portray the American dream in their work. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie, two Californian ranch laborers, are in s ....

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.... a cow and some pigs and……… ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’.”(Steinbeck 14) What George wanted most of all was to not be lonely. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place.”(Steinbeck 13) George has been saving up money to buy a piece of land for Lennie and him to live on. He finally has enough money for the land when Candy decided to join them and use his money to help pay for the land. George’s dream died when Lennie died because without Lennie, George would have too much freedom and he would spend his money carelessly instead of saving ....