The Great Depression wore raw the nerves of the people, and our true strength was shown. ... The Great Depression had an immense impact on American life. ... The issue of the Great Depression relates to both of these two works by Steinbeck. ... Elected in the late 20's before the stock market crash, he ineffectively dealt with the problems of the onset of the Great Depression. ... It was an era of true American spirit, as Jim Casy said, "Maybe all men got one big soul ever"body's a part of," which tells of the Great Depression, people coming together to help each other even if they d...

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This downfall is widely known as the Great Depression. ... These extraordinary characters face the difficulties of the Great Depression. ... During the Great Depression, the suicide rate was high. ... Malloy lived in were similar to conditions of the Great Depression. ... These suicides symbolized the suicides in the Great Depression. ...

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Along their journey, Steinback shows the harsh realities of the Great Depression. ... During the Great Depression, this was the mentality of all people. ... During the Great Depression, banks, unable to make high profits, evicted farmers from their land. ... This is an extremely accurate portrayal of the Great Depression. ... Another accurate illustration of the Great Depression through The Grapes of Wrath was the handbills. ...

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​The Great Depression was the longest lasting economic downturn in American history preceding World War II; starting in the year 1929, and lasting until 1939. Throughout the Great Depression many people feel a type of loneliness. ... Being black during the Great Depression was not fun at all, especially when you're the only black person on a farm. ... During the Great Depression women weren't treated so fairly. ... During the Great Depression many people became lonely because they had to leave their family to find jobs, especially migrant farm workers. ...

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Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's, Of Mice and Men, is a novel recounting the events and conflicts migrant workers confronted during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930's. ... George and Lennie travel from place to place in California during the Depression to find work and make money. ... Of Men and Mice accurately portrays the historical events surrounding a migrant farmer's life during the Great Depression of the 1930's. It portrays how the nation, along with the western ranchers are effected by the depression. ...

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One issue his work depicts is the great depression. The great depression was a time of economic downfall. ... The Joad family in The Grapes of Wrath also had to go through the struggles brought about by the Great depression. ... By the mid-1930s, the drought had crippled countless farm families, and America had fallen into the Great Depression. ... They lived in cramped, poverty ridden camps called "Hoovervilles," named after President Hoover, who was blamed for the problems that led to the Great Depression. ...

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Of Mice and Men by John Stienbeck is a story of two laborers during the great depression and their need for a place to call their own. ... This book really gives a great example of how life was during the great depression. ... Of Mice and Men is written in a way to make people think; think about the ways of life during the depression and now, the harshness of people, and friendship and freedom. ...

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John Steinbeck relates his personal experiences during the Great Depression to bring life to the characters in his novel, Of Mice and Men. The Great Depression was one of the most heartbreaking times in our nation's history. John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, takes place during an era in the Depression known as the Dust Bowl. ... Steinbeck, surviving The Great Depression himself, experienced firsthand the many trials and tribulations this merciless age had to offer. ... John Steinbeck does an excellent job of relating his personal experiences in the Great Depression to...

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It is a short post-depression novel that tackles issues and themes based around the working class people/labourers at that particular time. ... This shows the reader how it was back in the 1930s-40s in the Great Depression. By the use of repetition, the reader is manipulated to believe what they are reading - that loneliness was a major part of the Great Depression. ... Steinbeck creates a mental picture in the reader's mind through the use of writing techniques, together with descriptive language, in the text to put forward the issue/theme of loneliness in society in the Great Depress...

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" (Steinbeck, 89) This goes to show how, in the Great Depression everyone wanted their American Dream and it emphasizes who people never really achieved their dreams and desires. ... The book was written in the time of the Great Depression. In spite of this, that did not mean George and Lennie couldn't achieve their dreams, but George promising the dreams he did was a great mistake. ... Throughout this novella, it shows the struggle of the Great Depression. ...

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John Steinbeck spent most of his personal time writing about life on farms during the Great Depression. ... Most people believe that Steinbeck wrote about things, he saw during the great depression. ...

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He took a great interest in philosophy and had many conversations with people about it constantly. He took a great interest to science, specifically marine biology along with his friend Ed Ricketts (Hughes 45). ... First the massive stock market crash during 1920, which then lead to the second major event, The Great Depression. ... The book is about two laborers during the depression who have a dream of saving money to start up a rabbit farm. ... During the Great Depression he, and 4 other writers, stayed in an apartment together and came up with many ideas together, essentially making each ot...

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Of mice and men is a story written by John Steinbeck. This story was first published when the "Great Depression" was nearly ending. This was supposed to be a play but turnd out to be a novella. A novella is a small novel.This novella was first published in Great Britain in 1937. In this book th...

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In the novel "Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck the author thought his characters, settings, and events describes the difficulty that people experienced in life in the west during the great deppresion.1 The Great depression affected the whole world during the 1930s. ... Of mice and men is based in Soledad, California this novel deals with migrant laborers during the Great Depression, it focuses on to main characters, George Milton and Lennie Smalls.4 Clinging to each other's loneliness. ... Lennie breaks her neck out of fear.9 The author Steinbeck rests a great deal of blame for the mur...

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"OF MICE AND MEN" is John Steinbeck's famous novel of two men struggling through wreckage of the Great Depression. ... It was one of the worst depressions the world had known. ... The depression had devastation effects on the country. ... Because of the Great Depression, many men lost their jobs and were forced to live on the streets or work for food. ...

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The novella deals with several important issues of the 1930's, for example the Great Depression and Discrimination against coloured people. ... The novella is set in the 1930's during the Great Depression. ... They are forced to travel all over the USA to find work because of Lennie's mistakes and also because of America's Great Depression during the 1930's. ...

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In John Steinbeck's novel of Mice and Men, he writes about the injustices and inequalities in the ranch hand society during the Great Depression. ... This shows Lennie's great dependency on George to live with and be cared for. ... Curley's wife is treated with great disrespect, and it starts from when she is first introduced. ... " (92-93; ch 5) Ironically though in this case it is as if her death, in the form of a pigeon, symbolizes her freedom; Freedom from Curley, from the lonely ranch life, and from the depression of her failed dreams. ...

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During the Great Depression of the 1930s, many people of other skin colors and races were segregated. ... During the Great Depression, people were all treated differently based on their race. ... (Steinbeck, 81) Crooks has a great deal of intelligence, but his color "reminds" him of his place in society. ...

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OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men is about two men, George and Lennie travelling through California during the Great Depression. ... As the reader, I am persuaded to believe that dreams and hopes were of vital importance in order to carry on through the hardship and wreckage of the Great Depression. ... Lennie has great physical strength, which is beyond his control. ...

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Steinbeck lived in the United States through the depression and, therefore, was aware and knowledgeable of the effect that this historical period had on Americans. To research the topic that he wished to write about even more, Steinbeck traveled and lived with the Okies during the depression (O'Connor, pp 60-1). ... Since Steinbeck experienced life in the depression, lived as a character in The Grapes of Wrath, and traveled to look for work as the characters in Of Mice and Men had done, it is just to say that Steinbeck wrote these novels from his personal experiences. ... Of Mice and...

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Set in the early 20th century during the Great Depression, our protagonists are looked upon as an odd pair, not just because of their character differences, but because it is rare for anyone in their line of work to be traveling with a companion. ... The novel is believed to take place during the Great Depression, which is a time where work and money is scarce. ...

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Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant workers who move around to find job opportunities during the Great Depression in California. In Of Mice and Men, the killing of Lennie and Candy's Dog are symbolic physically and non-physically. Both Ca...

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Also as his incident takes place at the time of the Great Depression, with poverty all over the country and people crying and dying for money, it is close to impossible for George to make all the money needed alone even with the help of Candy to buy land. ... During the Great Depression people committed suicide because they didn't have any money. ...

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During the Great Depression, the hardest time for Americans, this nation was ravaged heavily in many aspects, including economic and political. As a consequence, there used to be many social problems having a negative influence on Americans. In "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, the author indicat...

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Throughout the novella, "Of Mice and Men," John Steinbeck makes a point to emphasize the concept of loneliness and its damaging effects through the lives of his characters. Crooks, the discriminated black stable buck, along with the nameless and friendless wife of Curley, suffer from the same extrem...

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