The Futility Of Human Dreams: Independence

Name: Course: Tutor: Date: The futility of Human Dreams In each of the stages of life, there has to be an encounter of dreams that form an illusion about the future life of a person. According to Americans, dreams have been perceived as efforts made by people to achieve what they want in their lives. In the book, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck tries to show vain in the American dreams by bringing in characters such as George and Lennie. George and Lennie despite working as ranchmen have got dreams for a better future, unlike the other ranchmen who work hard without the quest for a future. The author successfully manages to show how we can dream in vain by demonstrating from the characters. George and Lennie dream of a better life full of freedom and independence. Lenine goes ahead and reminds George of his dream of a great ranch where they will be running the ranches by themselves despite having being fired from their previous ranch for killing a pet. George stills hope of working on a better ranch regardless of their difference in ideas. However, in the last chapter, George shoots Lennie and thus their dreams are shattered. It is an illustration of how human beings are filled with hope and dreams that tragically come to an end (Steinbeck, p. 96). The death and fall of dreams by human beings has been also illustrated in the book, Rise and Fall of American Dream in the Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald conveys the message in the dreams of American as possession of material and having a good life where they could have parties and fun. The American had a delusion of being in the social elite class which ends in vain. In the book, Fitzgerald critiques the American dreams since it leads to the various social classes and added on that the dreams in America had been related to corruption rather than hard work and dedication. Fitzgerald exemplifies vain in American dream by bri...