By 'dream' do you mean ambition? Unlike George and Lennie, Slim doesn't feel the need for any kind of partnership or long-term friendship - he is a true loner. Slim is not a 'fleshed out' round character; he is rather a flat character, even a stereotype of the lone male drifter seeking labour out West during the Depression years.
Quiet, disarming, naturally authoritative without turning to force, Slim is the opposite of fist-swinging Curley. He has a position of leadership on the farm and has won the respect of all the workers; he has earned his rightful place. Slim feels at home right where he is; he is biding his time in a limbo land of nonexpectation without even the thought that anything better could come along.
Soft-speaking Slim is held is suspension, so to speak, in a stagnating economy whose inertia affords little hope for anyone's dreams to actually come true. Unlike George and Lenny, he is a realist. His devise would be "bloom where you are planted" and make the most of the situation at hand.
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