“And it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us. If we don’t like a guy we can say, ‘Get the hell out,’ and by God he’s got to do it. An’ if a fren’ come along, why we’d have an extra bunk, an’ we’d say, ‘Why don’t you spen’ the night?’ An’ by God he would.”

– John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men, Chapter 3. George to Lennie, as they talk in the bunkhouse about their wants. They dream of owning their own place and enjoying freedom – the American dream.