John Steinbeck brings his realistic books and stories to life through his firsthand experience in Salinas, California (“Of Mice and Men” 241). He was born in Salinas and became very familiar with the people that lived and worked there (“Of Mice and Men” 241). Throughout Steinbeck’s life, he gained first hand experience with migrant laborers and a number of other events that influenced his writing (“Steinbeck, John” 230). Because Steinbeck lived in California, he also grew up in an environment of farming and ranching (“Shindo” 703). John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men because he was inspired by the ranches he worked on, the events that happened during his lifetime, and the people in his everyday life.
Everything in Of Mice and Men is based off of John Steinbeck’s experiences as an agricultural worker (“Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth” 33). John Timmerman points out “...much of Steinbeck’s fiction was nurtured by firsthand experience, that experience is transmuted by the …show more content…
Of Mice and Men is based off of Steinbeck’s experience as an agricultural worker on a ranch (“Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth” 33). Lots of major events happened during John Steinbeck’s life, which influenced him to write Of Mice and Men. People in Steinbeck’s life inspired him in his books. According to “Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth”, an article from Of Mice and Men: A Kinship of Powerlessness,“...All of Steinbeck’s stories about California farmworkers include realistic details gleaned from the writer’s experiences as an agricultural laborer and from his journalistic investigations of farm labor conditions” (“Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth” 33). John Steinbeck’s realistic story about two migrant workers, Of Mice and Men, is written through his own experiences in his
Everything in Of Mice and Men is based off of John Steinbeck’s experiences as an agricultural worker (“Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth” 33). John Timmerman points out “...much of Steinbeck’s fiction was nurtured by firsthand experience, that experience is transmuted by the …show more content…
Of Mice and Men is based off of Steinbeck’s experience as an agricultural worker on a ranch (“Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth” 33). Lots of major events happened during John Steinbeck’s life, which influenced him to write Of Mice and Men. People in Steinbeck’s life inspired him in his books. According to “Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth”, an article from Of Mice and Men: A Kinship of Powerlessness,“...All of Steinbeck’s stories about California farmworkers include realistic details gleaned from the writer’s experiences as an agricultural laborer and from his journalistic investigations of farm labor conditions” (“Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth” 33). John Steinbeck’s realistic story about two migrant workers, Of Mice and Men, is written through his own experiences in his