If you have read the novel 'Of Mice and Men' then you would have been captivated. The novel is set, during the 1930s the Depression. It is very difficult to find a job at this time, because of it. Some of the many ideas John Steinbeck examines in his novel are friendship, loneliness and dreams. Each of the ideas has their own different meanings as demonstrated through the characters of the book. The dream is …showed first 75 words of 1533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1533 total…only one conclusion: that even George and Lennie, the best of friends, could not break the typical stereotype and show crooks that dreams really do come true. Now his new burden is despair and loneliness, the life of a homeless ranch worker. Slim's comfort at the end " you hadda George " indicates the sad truth that you have to surrender your dreams in order to survive, and they're not always the easiest of things to do.