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1 John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men

2 Steinbeck Salinas, California Stanford University
Focused on outcasts of society (poor, uneducated, demented, rebellious) Nobel Prize for literature (1962) Wrote 28 novels The Grapes of Wrath

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4 Wall Street Crash Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1929 “Black Tuesday”
Over borrowing of money later caused over selling Effects Financial uncertainty, 4,000+ banks collapsed Contributed to The Great Depression

5 The Great Depression Economic Recession in 1930s
Wages fell, businesses failed Unemployment 25% Poverty Dust Bowl California Recovered in 1941 with WWII

6 Migrant Workers Traveled to work
Farm country of California’s Salinas valley Farmers employ temporary laborers to harvest the crop They earned $2.50 or $3.00 a day, plus food and very basic accommodation Lonely

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10 Of Mice and Men Published in 1937 Most famous, most controversial
Steinbeck wanted his novel to reach the illiterate workers he was writing about 25% feeble minded Novel made up almost entirely of dialogue, could also be produced as a play. Symbols Hands Animals Names Third person omniscient (but limited)

11 American Dream What is it?

12 Social Attitudes Prejudices Racism (Crooks) Sexism (Curly’s Wife)
Ageism (Candy) Discrimination (Lennie)

13 Themes Loneliness Friendship American Dream Power

14 Allegory A narrative in which characters and action represent concepts different from the literal meaning of the story. each character should represent something different, in this case, a common person in society.

15 Circular Plot Structure
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