Dreams

Morgan Watkins

Mrs. Parkinson

English III

15 March 2016

Dreams

    For so long, George and Lennie had a dream: A dream to “live off the fatta the lan’ ” (Steinbeck 14). They were working towards this goal to buy a plot of land for sale that has kept them motivated for a long time. The only thing was, George never thought it was going to happen. It was just a nice dream that comforted Lennie. But as soon as Candy offered his money and his will, George and Lennie realized “This thing they had never really believed in was coming true” (Steinbeck 60). The visualization of a goal, helped make their dream happen. This visualization is similar to the cross country coach telling us to set our goals for the season; especially the BHAG—Big Hairy Audacious Goal. Our coach has us set these huge goals to reach during our season that we think might be unreachable. Our picturing of this BHAG actually gives us a better chance of reaching it. In this case the house and the farm and the land was the BHAG. And George and Lennie—with the help of Candy—are that much closer to making it a possibility.