Why Did George Shoot Lennie?
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The subject of Dreams in Of Mice and Men and its importance.
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To what extent is 'Of Mice And Men' a novel of protest?
Year 10: Diverse Cultures Coursework Assignment To what extent is 'Of Mice And Men' a novel of protest? John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men' is set in the small town of Soledad in California, in the 1930's throughout the Great Depression. As a result of climatic changes in the West of America the drought lead to large fields of fertile land being destroyed. Consequently the settlers who had founded the farms were forced from their land by the 'great American dust bowl'. In 1929 the country's economy collapsed, unemployment figures rocketed and poverty increased throughout America. For farmers and farm workers of the time the circumstances were devastating. While the current President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal economics relieved the difficulties greatly, the damage was far from being repaired entirely. These were hard times for the people of America and the landowners exploited itinerant workers, they had to work in atrocious circumstances and were employed on minimal rates of pay. They led isolated lives and had to strive to save enough from seasonal work to sustain them for the rest of the year. The fundamental nature of 'Of Mice And Men' originates from Steinbeck's personal life and previous experiences. In the following years Steinbeck subsequently had a number of jobs and gained some local success as a writer, yet it was evidently his experience as a peripatetic
