Part one of term paper
For centuries, Americans have gone west in search of what is called “The American Dream”. And still, writers try to portray the American dream in their work. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie, two Californian ranch laborers, are in search of their dream which is to own a piece of land. In JD Salinger’s novel ...

Part two of term paper
... from ranch to ranch, working in other people’s fields. He is tired of working for someone else, for their reasons, for their crops and their money. He wants to grow his own crops, work in his own fields, and make a better living. “Someday---we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and……… ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’.”(Steinbeck 14) What George wanted most of all was to not be lonel ...