The Book of Semi-Innocent Deaths: An Analysis The book Of Mice and Men was created in a time of political and economical turmoil. John Steinbeck was a developing writer at the time of the Great Depression in the 1930’s, this gave him numerous topics to write about. In 1936, he spent the year traveling with a large group of migrant workers who were in search of work. While he was traveling with them he was horrified of the working conditions, and empathized with their lack of given dignity. The migrants’ workers stories of humiliation and hardship stayed with Steinbeck long after the newspaper dropped the stories. Of Mice and Men comes from the experiences of the workers, and is laced with symbolic meaning, relevant to the time period it was written.
Of Mice and Men was created by John Steinbeck because he wanted to show how the life of a farmer or a worker might have been like during the Great Depression era. His primary goal was to show how people were affected by the events that had taken place, and what people had to do in order to survive. The novel seems to accurately portray how people …show more content…
His hands are referred to as "paws" and indicate trouble when he uses them, he is also said to lumber around like a bear in Steinbeck 's descriptions of him in the very beginning of the book. Lennie is also heavily associated with rabbits, which are part of the dream he and George share. Rabbits also seem to symbolize his realization that he is in trouble; for example, if Lennie does "a bad thing", George will not let him tend the rabbits on the ranch. In the last chapter when Lennie is waiting at the pool for George, a rabbit appears to him, and begins to berate him and tell him that George will not let him care for the rabbits due to what he did to Curley’s wife and the
Of Mice and Men was created by John Steinbeck because he wanted to show how the life of a farmer or a worker might have been like during the Great Depression era. His primary goal was to show how people were affected by the events that had taken place, and what people had to do in order to survive. The novel seems to accurately portray how people …show more content…
His hands are referred to as "paws" and indicate trouble when he uses them, he is also said to lumber around like a bear in Steinbeck 's descriptions of him in the very beginning of the book. Lennie is also heavily associated with rabbits, which are part of the dream he and George share. Rabbits also seem to symbolize his realization that he is in trouble; for example, if Lennie does "a bad thing", George will not let him tend the rabbits on the ranch. In the last chapter when Lennie is waiting at the pool for George, a rabbit appears to him, and begins to berate him and tell him that George will not let him care for the rabbits due to what he did to Curley’s wife and the