Many Of The Characters In Of Mice And Men Have Dreams. What Are Their Dreams And How Near Are Any Of Them To Achieving What They Want?

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Many Of The Characters In "Of Mice And Men" Have Dreams. What Are Their Dreams And How Near Are Any Of Them To Achieving What They Want?

John Steinbeck wrote the novel "Of Mice and Men" in 1937. The settings were personally related to the author himself. The Novel is set were he originally came from, around Salinas, California. It was written during the great depression which not only effected America, but Europe as well; however the novel only focuses on America. Steinbeck had his reasons for writing about it. He wanted to show the reality of the great depression as it struck everyone in different ways. He used realistic characters that represented the main groups of people living in America and what effects took place according to their status. One of the biggest problems was that twenty-five percent of the whole population was unemployed, leaving a mass of civilians to roam the streets, desperate to survive by any means. Others were forced to become itinerant workers.

George and Lennie, the main characters, are two ranch workers. They are prime examples or itinerant workers due to the economic disaster they faced. They had slight difficulties maintaining a job