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Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck

History and Background Migrant Farm Workers Huge numbers of men travelled the countryside between the 1880s and the early 1930s harvesting wheat. They earned $2.50 or $3.00 a day, plus food and very basic accommodation. During the 1930s, when there was very bad unemployment in the United States, agencies were set up under the New Deal to send farm workers to where they were needed. From the 17th Century, when the first settlers arrived, immigrants dreamed of a better life in America. People went there to escape from persecution or poverty, and to make a new life for themselves or their families. They dreamed of making their fortunes in the goldfields. For many the dream became a nightmare. The horrors of slavery, of the American Civil War, the growth of towns with slums as bad as those in Europe, and the corruption of the American political system led to many shattered hopes. For the American society as a whole the dream ended with the Wall Street crash of This was the start of the Great Depression that would affect the whole world during the 1930s. However the dream survived for individuals. Thousands made their way west to California to escape from their farmlands in the mid-West. John Steinbeck was born in 1902 and died in 1968.

Setting In the farmland of the Salinas valley, where John Steinbeck was born and which he knew all his life; on a ranch.

The Characters George-a small, wiry, quick-witted man who travels with, and cares for, Lennie Lennie-a large, lumbering, childlike migrant worker. Crooks-the black stable-hand, gets his name from his crooked back Curly-the boss's son, Curley wears high-heeled boots to distinguish himself from the field hands. Curly’s wife -the only female character in the novel Candy-an aging ranch handyman Slim - A highly skilled mule driver and the acknowledged “prince” of the ranch, Slim is the only character who seems to be at peace with himself Carlson - A ranch-hand, Carlson complains bitterly about Candy's old, smelly dog The Boss - The stocky, well-dressed man in charge of the ranch, and Curley's father Aunt Clara - Lennie's aunt, who cared for him until her death, does not actually appear in the novel except in the end, as a vision chastising Lennie for causing trouble for George Whit - A ranch-hand.

Themes to Think About The Predatory Nature of Human Existence Fraternity and the Idealized Male Friendship The Impossibility of the American Dream