pable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line...his ear heard more than was said." The emotions which Slim experiences are unfamiliar to the itinerant ranch worker. But the dreams of the other characters are a failure, circumstances have taken these dreams away, Curley's wife for instance, has resigned herself to an unfulfilling marriage where her dream of becoming a movie star can not come true. George and Lennie's dream of owning a ranch and living on the fat of the land is also made unachievable due to the death of Lennie. Since this dream of theirs is used as a representation of the American Dream. Its failure was inevitable because the American Dream was not a success, so a reflection of the American Dream would be a failure as well.
             A lot of attention is also paid to the powerlessness of the ranch workers. Steinbeck shows clearly how ranch workers are not able to get any higher in society and are limited to this kind of life, where dreams are unfulfilled and the only way to rise up in society is
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