Disillusionment; a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. The American Dream; the idea that every citizen in the U.S should have an opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.
George and Lennie's American Dream is going off on their own and starting their own farm with their own home, animals and taste of freedom, of individualism. George's own Dream is to finally be on his own and to take pride in himself. Lennie’s own Dream would most likely be to just tend to the rabbits. They both have different views of the American Dream. George’s would be more reasonable and acceptable for his age and experience. Lennie’s, however, would be more of a rudimentary view, being that he is special. To focus of George, his American Dream was to own his own farm and to live off of the land, very much…show more content… He was too immature to honestly understand the real reason behind the idea of individualism. All he wanted to do was to “ live off the fatta the lan’... an’ have rabbits.” He’s just so enthusiastic about having his own little set up for rabbits and feeding them alfalfa, kind of taking on a responsibility. It states in the book that Lennie got very defensive when told that he would forget to feed his rabbits. All Lennie is worried about it taking care of rabbits while George has an actual reason to ditch this life and start new, a fresh start. Lennie is so ready to have his rabbits and all he just can’t wait for it; but it all just comes to an end. In all honesty, although George may have shot and killed Lennie, it was for his own good. If he didn’t do that then Lennie most likely would have went through hell and then he would’ve been killed. In Lennie’s mind, no matter what, his American Dream was bound to come true, he always looked at the bright side of things, and maybe his dream just wasn’t meant to
