Motivation is the will to do something. Life has many different levels of motivation; get something, try to get something and not try to get something. The motivation can be applied to the American dream. In the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the levels of motivation are clearly evident, this influences the process by which the characters achieve their dreams. Of Mice and Men is the story of two migrant workers, how they navigate their American dream, and the problems of working on a ranch during the Great Depression. The characters in Of Mice and Men are going through these levels of motivation and fulfillment. Through the characters George and Lennie, Curley's wife, and Crooks, the groom, Steinbeck illustrates that the American dream is achievable through hard work, dedication, and a lot of motivation. George and Lennie show the motivation to achieve their American dream, even through all their efforts. problems, which motivates them even more. George and Lennie are a rare case of best friends traveling together in a time when it was every man for himself. Furthermore, Lennie has a mental disability which is a huge burden to George. Together George and Lennie have an American dream, and George explains the dream this way; “OK Someday, we'll get the jack together and have a little house and a couple of acres [. . .]” (14). George and Lennie's American dream is like all other migrant workers. They long to have a place of their own , where no one can command them or tell them what to do. George and Lennie dream of this because of their lack of freedom as migrant workers, because as migrant workers they are solely dependent on money and they hope to survive the whole story... halfway through paper…hundreds of men pass on the road and on the ranches, with their bundles on their backs and that same damn thing on their heads!'” (74) The swindlers raise a good point here. now shared with Candy, is like that of every other migrant workers' American dream. This is something the trio definitely doesn't want to hear, that their dream is doomed to fail. Crooks makes the idea a reality and explains how achievable it is their American dream. George and Lennie, Curley's wife, and Crooks, the stable boy, all have an American dream and through them and their dreams, Steinbeck shows that the American dream may or may not be realized. achieved with the amount of dedication and motivation you put into the dream. Even though George and Lennie, Curley's wife, and Crooks all have dreams, they are all at different points in achieving that dream, if they're even trying at all...