John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men in 1937. Of Mice and Men represents migrant workers during the Great Depression and some of the difficulties they face. The Great Depression started on October 29, 1929 after the stock market crashed. The Great Depression was not only in the United States, but also in England and other industrialized areas in the world. The Great Depression lasted until 1939, the beginning of WWII. The stock market did not fully recover almost twenty-five years after it first crashed, because people lost all their assurance in the stock market.
Due to the stock market crash millions of people lost their jobs. Also, because of bank failure, they lost all of their money they had put in saving for retirement. Since millions …show more content…
The only two people in the novel who are not lonely are George, and Lennie, because they have each other. George and Lennie have a special relationship that not many people do not have. George does not have to take care of Lennie, but he chooses too. George says, "I could get along so easy and so nice of I didn't have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl."The only reason George stays with Lennie is because, he does not think Lennie will survive on his own without him, and George does not want to be all alone either. If Lennie was alone he would most likely had no hope. George is the one that gives Lennie hope for a better future. George says “We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody cares.”
George, and Lennie talk about buying their own house and owning their own farm. A few of the other workers that are working with at the ranch hear them talking and want in on the plan too. Even though the fate of buying their own ranch was unknown with everything factoring in including obstacles they would have to overcome, just the idea of the ranch is doomed. George and Lennie were very passionate about their work because in the back of their minds they thought just maybe one day they could own their own
Due to the stock market crash millions of people lost their jobs. Also, because of bank failure, they lost all of their money they had put in saving for retirement. Since millions …show more content…
The only two people in the novel who are not lonely are George, and Lennie, because they have each other. George and Lennie have a special relationship that not many people do not have. George does not have to take care of Lennie, but he chooses too. George says, "I could get along so easy and so nice of I didn't have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl."The only reason George stays with Lennie is because, he does not think Lennie will survive on his own without him, and George does not want to be all alone either. If Lennie was alone he would most likely had no hope. George is the one that gives Lennie hope for a better future. George says “We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody cares.”
George, and Lennie talk about buying their own house and owning their own farm. A few of the other workers that are working with at the ranch hear them talking and want in on the plan too. Even though the fate of buying their own ranch was unknown with everything factoring in including obstacles they would have to overcome, just the idea of the ranch is doomed. George and Lennie were very passionate about their work because in the back of their minds they thought just maybe one day they could own their own