Of Mice And Men: Context
- Created by: Ruby Foster
- Created on: 06-04-13 17:38
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- Context
- 'The Great Depression'
- Economic Decline
- 1930 - 1936
- 1/3 of America unemployed
- American's fled to California in search of the 'American Dream' of owning a ranch and living of the land
- People could no longer afford to pay rent
- There was no Dole for people to fall back on
- Migrant Farmers
- Farmers dreamed of owning their own land
- Farmers lives were made worse by the economic decline that followed WW1
- Stock Market crash in 1929 made life difficult for worker
- Bad weather left droughts failed harvests and dried up land
- Refuge set up camp in california valleys due to being turned away from California in fear of being overrun
- John Steinbeck
- Born in 1902 Salinas California
- As a teenager, he helped out on neighbouring ranches
- He used personal experiences to influence novel
- 'The Great Depression'
- Of Mice And Men
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