Of Mice and Men Context
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- Created on: 28-01-15 16:33
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- Of Mice and Men: Context
- California
- where the American dream came true
- 'the golden state is said to be the place where all Americans made their fortunes
- 1920's
- Farmers employed lots of field workers for short periods of time
- Wall Street Crash of 1929
- resulting in soaring unemployment and massive competition for jobs
- John Steinbeck + inspirations
- He spent allot of time with the field workers
- He witnessed a killing by a disturbed man.
- He started speaking like them
- His writing was inspired by a man who killed a small rabbit (Lenny)
- The title was inspired by a peom
- 1930's
- Urban to Rural migration: 0.5million people went to California in hope of work
- Many ended up as seasonal farm labors
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the idea of the new deal
- unemployed -> employed by setting up public's work projects
- 'The Dust Bowl' -> high winds causing fertile soil to blown away
- Family Life
- Families had to pay debt off so some families auctioned their possessions
- They had to leave their homes to go to 'tent city'
- The novel and the play
- They were both an instant success
- He has a tourist place
- Due to his success he is one of the greatest American literature people
- California
- 'the golden state is said to be the place where all Americans made their fortunes
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