''Of Mice and Men'' - Between the Line: Theme

What do you think in the theme of the book called ‘’Of Mice and Men’’?

The theme could be considered as the American Dream because most people think of the American Dream as living a happy life and acheving their goals. In the story George goal was to buy his own land were he would have to depend on the produce from Curley’s or anyone else farm to survive another day, but to be able to do things on his own. George plan to accomplish his goal of own his own property something like how Curley did where be can be the own rather than the worker. George and Lennie shared this same dream but, they were not the only one with a dream though. Candy also that a dream to accompany them but he just wanted to be respected and treated well instead of being treated worthless. George did what he needed to do to try t reach his American Dream but, like some dreams it did not happen as planed. Instead he lost someone close to him in the end.