Omam

“You’re nuts. I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. Hundreds of them. They come, an’ they go on; an’ every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a god damn one of ’em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody ever gets to heaven, and no body gets no land.it’s just in their head. They’re all the time talk in’ about it,but it’s jus’ in their head.” This was Crooks dream smashing rant on Lenny and Gorges dream on owning their own land. This really links up with the thawed dreams question in Crooks quote because he gives George and Lenny a reality check. George and Lenny are so sure about their dream they know they will achieve it, but Crooks telling them he’s seen many men with as much ambition as they do yet fail to get where they want. By this George and Lenny must be concerned because they almost realise they won’t make it, but still have hope left in them. Crooks ends most of his words without pronouncing the final letter which most people would do during outbursts.