Of Mice And Men The Great Recession Essay

In America the unemployment rate is about 5.0% as of June 2016 but, in 2008 it was very high at 5.8% (The State of…); which may not seem like a lot. In 2008 there was an economic downfall called the Great Recession which started in 2008 and still has effects as of today in not just America but the world. The Great Recession had an all time low in job loss and debt of all-time since the Great Depression which is the worst economic disaster ever in the whole world. In a novel called “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, which took place in Western California in the 1930s in the Great Depression, the main characters are Lennie and George who travel around looking for work on ranches to save up for a farm. The Great Depression and the Recession are both related in many ways but many people do believe they had long-term effects on America and the world.

The Great Recession started by the bursting of a 8 trillion dollar bubble, this lead to an economic recession all around the world. Because of this, millions lost their jobs and are in debt for a very long time. Since their is a shortage of jobs many college students can’t even find a job after college with lots of degrees because everyone is in a big competition, with this wall street almost crashed and …show more content…
Here is a quote from the book” Someday we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and… An’ love off the fatta the lan” (Steinbeck 14). This quote is saying that Lennie and George are going to get a farm and some animals eventually, they can’t afford this because of the Depression and not having any