Throughout the story Lennie and George are talking about their dream. That dream was to own a farm by themselves. Lennie dreamed of all the rabbits he could tend to and George encouraged him to dream. If they had their own land then they knew that they would always have work and could do it on their own. Some of the other workers joined their dream. Slim and Candy wanted to join them. They offered to help pay as long as they got work, freedom, and a place to live. Because of Lennie