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Of Mice and Men Introduction

In this unit we will be looking at the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The book is divided into six sections, and for each section you will be completing a variety of activities to develop your understanding of the text. Before we start looking at the novel itself, it will be useful to explore some of the background of John Steinbeck, his work and its historical and social context. Introduction

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, and many of his novels are set in this part of the USA. He was born into a middle-class family but left university without taking a degree. Before finding success as a writer he worked in a variety of labouring jobs. This experience was reflected in his work, with many of his novels dealing with the plight of the poor and dispossessed. Biography

Did you know? John Steinbeck married three times and had two sons by his second wife. He spent several months travelling around the USA with his pet poodle. You can read about his experiences in Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962). Several of his books have been made into films. Of Mice and Men has been filmed twice, once in 1939 and again in 1992.

The main characters in Of Mice and Men are itinerant ranch hands – they travel from town to town, from state to state, and work for a few dollars a day. They have no home and few personal possessions, but they would probably have been considered lucky to have a job at all. During the 1930s a large number of migrant workers came to California. To compound the problems of the Depression, the crops had failed in many parts of America – notably in Oklahoma, where vast tracts of land turned into a dust bowl. These migrants were known as the ‘Okies’. They were badly treated: many died on the journey, or starved to death after arriving in California. Steinbeck wrote about their plight in his great novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939). Much of Steinbeck’s work deals with the way society mistreats its poorest and most vulnerable people. The social context: rural poverty

The 29 October 1929 was known as ‘Black Tuesday’ in America. The huge crash of the stock market brought and end to the prosperity that had characterized the United States throughout the 1920s, and signalled the start of the Great Depression. Unemployment rose from around 3% in 1929 to over 26% by Many of the poorest members of US society suffered badly, and at one point it was estimated that 34 million men, women and children had no income at all. Many people were evicted from their homes and ended up living in shanty towns. This crisis in the US economy forms the background to many of Steinbeck’s novels. The social context: the Great Depression