In the novel "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, people do not work hard enough to achieve the long-term goals or dreams they have are fixed. themselves. This idea is shown several times throughout the story. It all starts when Lennie and George want to buy their own farm. To do this, they will need to earn enough money to start the farm. They make no effort to achieve their dream, they spend all the money they earn on women and beer. Lennie's dream is to take care of the rabbits on the farm they hope to one day own. His problem is that he has a problem with animals. When Lennie pets an animal, he usually ends up killing it, and he makes no effort to care a little more about the poor creatures. Curley's wife also dreamed of becoming a movie star, but didn't because she decided to marry Curley instead. People are now very similar, if at all different. Today, people of course still have long term dreams and goals that they give up on or don't want to work hard enough to achieve because they are so worried about the future that they ...