Of Mice and Men

This text is about a book called "Of Mice and Men". I am going to write about why the story starts and ends in the place, and how this is relevant to the theme of the American Dream. First, I am going to write a short plot summary, so you know what the text is about.

The story takes place in California around year 1935, during the Great Depression. the story is about two workers, Lennie and George, who are working together on a ranch to make their dream come true. their dream is to get their own farm with animals and a little house. We follow them trough their days at the ranch where they are always thinking and talking about their dream.

An important term in this text is the American Dream, so i want to give you a definition of it. The term "American Dream" can be used in different ways. According to wisegeek, the American Dream is an idea which suggests that all people can succeed through hard work, and that all people have the potential to live happy, successful lives. This is relevant to the story becuase i think John Steinbeck, the author of the book, is critical to this term, i will explain this later in the text.

The story starts and ends at the same place. I think  that John Steinbeck wants to show that the ideas about the American Dream is not always true. People often end up in the same place as they started. People that were born poor, continued to be poor, and people that were born rich, continued to be rich for the rest of their lives.

I think that John Steinbeck does not belive in the American Dream, because the guys in the book do not sucsess in their lives. This makes the book relevant to this team. In the book the two main characters, Lennie and George, are dreaming about their own farm, but they never get it. They end up at the same place as they were in the start of the book, with alømost no money. So their dream never come through.

To answer the task, I will say the story starts and ends at the same place because the author wants to show that the ideas of the American is not always true. The American Dream is still "alive". Some people still sucsess in America with almost no money, but many people come to America and have to live on the streets.

Kilder:
-http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-american-dream.htm
-Of Mice and Men(John Steinbeck) Here is a page about the book.