why will lennie and george not accomplish their dream of living on their own farm

George always sensed that the dream wouldn't happen because of the trouble Lennie got into. ... George and Lennie weren't alone because they had each other. In the absence of Lennie, the dream was dead and George was all alone. Candy and other helpful men could not have completed George's dream.

George and Lennie have a dream: to scrounge enough money together to someday buy their own little house and a plot of land to farm. They dream of roots, stability, and independence.