of mice and men context
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- Created on: 15-05-16 13:25
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- Of Mice and Men Context
- Published in 1937
- During the Great Depression
- Caused by the wall street crash
- During the Great Depression
- Written by John Steinbeck
- Went to work on the ranch
- To understand lives of migrant workers
- Went to work on the ranch
- Title inspired by Burns poem 'To a Mouse'
- "best laid plans of mice and men often go astray"
- Steinbeck linked this failure to the failure of the American dream
- "best laid plans of mice and men often go astray"
- Set in Soledad
- Soledad mean lonliness
- American Dream
- Gave comfort to both men and women
- Men dreamed of owning there own land having independence
- Women dream of being in the movies
- Gave comfort to both men and women
- Relates to attitudes towards
- women
- elderly
- Disabled
- Racism
- Wall Street Crash
- caused great depression
- caused men like George and Lennie to travel for work leaving them with no home or relationship
- caused great depression
- Published in 1937
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