DREAMS AGAINST REALITY 2People have this idea of ​​what they will do when they grow up. Everyone has an image of what they are going to do. When I was in third grade, I experienced a classic fairy tale: becoming an astronaut. That's all I ever talked about. Everyone's dreams change throughout life. Everyone has a different version of “life”, whether it’s having a big house, their dream, a job and a successful family; or live on a farm with rabbits, a large vegetable garden and hectares of land. People can dream of one thing, but they will almost end up having an alternate version of “life”. I think it's fascinating how people can dream of a perfect life and how they succeed or fail based on their actions. There are two different types of dreamers in this world. There are those who are stuck in their own dreams and never face reality, and then there are those who try to live their dreams through other people. As George from Of Mice And Men would say: “Some dreams involve a farm of your own; some dreams involve 'cathouses' and 'pool halls'” (Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck) A good example of a person stuck in their dreams is Lennie from Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Lennie's dream of "life" is to live on a few acres of land with rabbits that he can feed, care for and pet. Lennie's problem is that he is a big man who doesn't understand the concept of gentle touch and tends to pet things too hard and kill them. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman lives his dream through his sons. One of Willy's sons, Biff, was in the middle of paper......-dreams-and-goals/Steinbeck, J. Of Mice and Men. New York. Penguin Books: 1993The American Novel. Literary chronology. Novels. THE GREAT GATSBY | PBS. Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/thegreatgatsby.htmlThe Grapes of Wrath Characters | Note saver. (nd). Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://www.gradesaver.com/the-grapes-of-wrath/study-guide/character-list/The Great Gatsby Theme Quotes. (nd). Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/quotes.htmlDREAMS VERSUS REALITY 9The Great Gatsby: Summary and Analysis, Chapter 8 | CliffsNotes. (nd). Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/the-great-gatsby/summary-and-analysis/chapter-8SparkNotes: The Great Gatsby: Plot Overview. (nd). Retrieved May 1, 2014 from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/summary.html