Of Mice and Men context
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- Created on: 16-05-15 19:44
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- Of Mice and Men Context
- The Depression
- 1929 millions of dollars were lost to the Wall Street Crash
- Crippled the country
- Rise in unemployment
- People lost their life savings
- Steinbeck
- John Steinbeck was very much interested in the lives of farm labourers
- Spent some time working with them
- Used their experiences to influence his writing
- John Steinbeck was very much interested in the lives of farm labourers
- Migrant Farmers
- Droughts forced farmers to leave their land
- Farmers had to sell what they owned to pay their debts
- Economic migrants went to "golden" California where they hoped there was farmland going spare
- Ranch Hands
- Lucky to get the work they had even though pay was low
- Gender
- Women were second class citizens
- Weren't chasing the American dream like many men
- The Depression
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