Please interpret and provide quotes (including pg. #) from Of Mice and Men which deal with the following topics:a) hope (dreams)b) social...

Since there are differing publications of John Steinbeck's
novella Of Mice and Men, providing a page number may not be of any
assistance.  So, the section/chapter will be noted.

The
dream of George and Lennie, Crooks the stabler, declares is
that of all the men:  "Seems like ever'guy got land in his head."  Even Curley's wife
expresses her hope of which she has now despaired:

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'Whatta ya think I am, a kid?  I tell ya I could
of went with shows.  Not jus'one, niether.  An' a guy tol' me he could put me in
pitchers...' [Section 4]

Of
course, the main dream is that of George and Lennie who hope to have a ranch someday
with rabbits and corn and cows and pigs, so they can "eat off th' fatta th' land." In
the very first section, George recites the dream for Lennie, who delights in hearing
it:

'Guys like
us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.  They got no
family.....They ain't got nothing to look forward to...With us it ain't like that.  We
got a future.  We got somebody to talk to.  [Section
1]

Lennie, then, expresses
how they help each
other:

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'But not us!  An' why?  Because...becuse I go you
to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.'   [Section
1 ]

In this first section,
also, George tells Lennie to hide in the bushes where they camp if he gets into trouble
in the future and he will come for Lennie:

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'Well, look. Lennie--if you jus' happen to get in
trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an'hide in the
brush.'

The
innocence and child-like nature of Lennie is also conveyed as he tries to
hide the mouse he has killed in his pocket and when he wants to pet the pretty blond
hair of Curley's wife:

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Lennie's big fingers fell to stroking her
hair....'O, that's nice!' and he stroked harder....She jerked her head sideways and
Lennie's fingers closd on her hair and hung on. [Section
5]

Among the men there
is discrimination.  Curley wears boots with heels "to
show that he is not one of the working men."  Carlson is cruel to old Candy and shoots
his decrepit dog because he can while he would like to do the same to Candy.  The racial
discrimination of Crooks is glaringly apparent as he is relegated to living in the barn
with the mules, not in the bunkhouse.  He explains to Lennie why he is not wanted in the
bunkhouse,

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'Causee I'm black.  They play cards in there, but
I can't play because I'm black.  They say I stink.  Well, I tell you, you all of you
stink to me.'  [Section 4]