<span><em>Of Mice and Men</em> challenges the ideology of the <em>American Dream</em>. While it contains characters who dream with hopes of improving their fate, or dream just to escape their depressing realities, the end of the story reveals, through </span>Lennie’s death, that even small and modest dreams were impossible during the Great Depression in America.
I had this answer on a test a couple months back and I left the answer in my notes. I got it right. So I hope you get it right or my teacher may have made a mistake.