John Steinbeck, The author of the novel "Of Mice and Men", set the book during the Wall Street crash, where thousands of people lost or didn't know how much money they had. ... As George and Lennie enter the ranch, they see candy, an old man who has worked there for years as a swamper because of his injured hand. ...
Outsiders All of the people in "Of mice and men" are outsiders in there own right, they have all been disallowed, or to a certain extent not wanted to have certain rights because of things such a sex, race and different disabilities. ... Crooks is a black man in the 1930s, this was especially not a nice time to be a black person. ... A woman is different to a man in the way they live and want to be respected, there feelings can be easily hurt and the men do not seen to understand or care. Candy is an outsider because he is old and crippled, and when your are old and or crippled you are u...
