The American Dream in Of Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby, Two Kinds, and

The American Dream in Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, The massive Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Two Kinds writer by Amy Tan, and in Sophistication by Sherwood Anderson.Working hard is the key to success. This struggle for success is most unremarkably c all in alled the American Dream. The aspect of the American Dream has been around forever and is very much the underlying theme in many pieces of American literature. The theme of the American is especially presented in Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, The immense Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Two Kinds writer by Amy Tan, and in Sophistication by Sherwood Anderson.The theme of the American Dream is presented in Of Mice and Men. The theme is particularly express through and around the characters of George and Lennie. Both of these characters have a belief, a breathing in of owning their own little place to call their own, or as George would theorise Were gonna have a little place and a check of acres an s ome cows and some pigs...(Steinbeck,14) This dream is mostly denotative through Lennie but George is the one who supports Lennie. Lennie is the most dedicated to the dream. This dedication is shown when he express An live off the fatta the lan.(Steinbeck,14) This proven b critics interchangeable Kevin Attell who said This is the kind of sprightliness that George and Lennie dream of living.(Attell)Also, the theme of the American Dream is presented in Of Mice and Men through the character of sweeten. Candy is an old farm put across who is becoming of not much use around the farm anymore. Candy knows that desperate times call for desperate measures so he goes in on George and Lennies plan to buy a little farm. This is shown when dulcify says Itll be our own place.(Steinbeck,60) Candy shows great spirit throughout the concord and really shows off the good aspects of the American Dream. It is only until the end of the allow until the plan to go away starts to be questioned. He st arts saying questions like You an me can get that little place cant we, George?(Steinbeck,94) This denial was in one case again recognized my Kevin Attell, who said George and Lennies dream is specifically necessitated by and responds to the limitations played on their lives.(Attell) By using Candy as a character striving for the American Dream, the fact that the dream is attainable to all is presente... ...xploring novels, Gale Group Databases. Father Ryan High School Library, Nashville 6May 2004 www.infotracgalegroup.comEble, Kenneth. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Chap 5, siemens 3. The Great Gatsby in Twaynes United States Authors Series Online. New York GK Hall, 1999. publications Resource Center. Gale Group Database. Father Ryan High School Library, Nashville TN. 6 May 2004 Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Chatham Wordsworth, 1993Piedmont-Marton, Elizabeth. Liz. Critical essay on Two Kinds. in short Stories for Students. Ed. Kathleen Wilson. Vol. 9. Detroit Gale, 2000. 293-29 6 Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York Penguin Books, 1993Tan, Amy. Two Kinds. The Joy Luck Club. New York Putnam, 1989. 132-144Walcutt, Charles Child. Sherwood Anderson Impressionism and the buried life. The Sewanee Review. 60.1 (1952). 28-47. Excerpted and reprinted in Short Stories for Students. Ed. Kathleen Wilson. Vol. 4. Detroit Gale, 2000. 293-296