Context: Of Mice and Men
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- Created on: 25-03-19 13:28
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- Context: Of Mice and Men
- Great Depression
- 1929 - Wall Street Crash, stock exchange collapsed = instant poverty, major unemployment
- people became itinerant migrant workers, moved to California
- lack of comfort, at mercy of bosses, lack of roots, family, compassion and care.
- poor living conditions, overcrowding, No space, dignity or possesions.
- frustration, arrogance of Curley, violence, etc.
- poor living conditions, overcrowding, No space, dignity or possesions.
- lack of comfort, at mercy of bosses, lack of roots, family, compassion and care.
- people became itinerant migrant workers, moved to California
- 1929 - Wall Street Crash, stock exchange collapsed = instant poverty, major unemployment
- Dust-bowl effect
- drought, over-farming, high winds = infertility of land. People who only had skills in farming left unemployed
- people became itinerant migrant workers, moved to California
- lack of comfort, at mercy of bosses, lack of roots, family, compassion and care.
- poor living conditions, overcrowding, No space, dignity or possesions.
- frustration, arrogance of Curley, violence, etc.
- poor living conditions, overcrowding, No space, dignity or possesions.
- lack of comfort, at mercy of bosses, lack of roots, family, compassion and care.
- people became itinerant migrant workers, moved to California
- drought, over-farming, high winds = infertility of land. People who only had skills in farming left unemployed
- Dreams
- as a result others. Land of opportunity, escaping from hardship, no class, riches for all
- work hard = succeed, feeling persisted = disappointment
- Segregation (racism & sexism)
- Slavery abolished 1865, went on to 1930s segregation went on until 1960s. Colour becomes defining quality. Life of silence
- CW - stuck in a mistake, leading to a life of silence. 'tart', '********'
- Cat house, general poor treatment
- no opportunity, no equality
- CW + Candy are microcosms
- Steinbeck - Negatively portray American life in hope of change
- Great Depression
- Ranch is a microcosm
- Verisimilitude - using real things to make fiction more believable
- Ranch = microcosm
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