In the beginning of chapter 3, Slim and George sit down
together talking about Lennie. Slim notices the oddity of two men traveling together in
the words:
Hardly none of the guys ever travel together. I
hardly never seen two guys travel together. You know how the hards are, they just come
in and het their bunk and work a month, and then they quit and go out alone. Never seem
to give a damn about
nobody.
This shows how
typical lonliness was in that era for migrant
workers.
Next, we see how dreams gave hope to several
characters, not just George and Lennie, but also Curley's wife who can't let go of her
past dream of being in the movies:
Coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes -
all them nice clothes like they wear... Because this guy said I was a natural."
(84)
She talks about this in
chapter 5 just after Lennie killed the puppy, but before he hurts her. It's interesting
on this same page, Lennie refers to his dream shortly after hearing her finish
hers.
Crooks noted the prejudice of his early days by
recollecting,
There wasn't another colored family for miles
around. And now there ani't a colored man on this ranch an' there's jus' one family in
Soledad. If I say something, why it's just a nigger sayin' it.
(67)
Crooks feels lesser and
worthless. He demonstrates this as he feels outnumbered and that he has few people with
whom he can identify.
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