Furthermore, concerning the American Dream in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, the disparity between those who have it and those who don't is highlighted.
Curly behaves as he does because he can. He's got the money and, therefore, the power. He has the authority to fire the others on the ranch and uses it. He certainly isn't more intelligent than the others, and is no way a better human being. But he's got the money, and that's all that matters.
And there isn't any way for those who don't have money to get it in the novel. The American Dream is a pipe dream, and the economic system is unfair and leads to injustice.
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