Of Mice and Men

In 'Of Mice and Men' I need a quote for crooks dream and one of his dream failing with an analysis please ?

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"I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Everybody wants a little piece of lan'. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their head. They're all the time talkin' about it, but it's jus' in their head" (81).

The contagiousness of the dream.......

"… If you … guys would want a hand to work for nothing—just his keep, why I’d come an’ lend a hand. I ain’t so crippled I can’t work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to." (4.88)

Afraid to hold onto the dream...........

Crooks called, "Candy!"

"Huh?"

" ’Member what I said about hoein’ and doin’ odd jobs?"

"Yeah," said Candy. "I remember."

"Well, jus’ forget it," said Crooks. "I didn’ mean it. Jus’ foolin’. I wouldn’ want to go no place like that."

"Well, O.K., if you feel like that. Goodnight." (4.148-153)

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Of Mice and Men