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1 Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck

2 Anticipating Of Mice and Men
Directions: The words below are taken from John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. Read the words below and construct a storyline based on them. Write out your storyline using each of the words. George Lenny rabbits California migrant worker ranch old mangy dog Curley’s wife right hand pistol friendship mice American dream corrupt women loneliness Lenny’s puppy Great Depression death lynch mob disability

3 Table of Contents Historical Backdrop About the Author About the Novel
Great Depression Dust Bowl Migrant Workers About the Author About the Novel Offensive Content

4 Historical Backdrop Great Depression Dust Bowl Migrant Workers
Highest unemployment rate in America’s history Dust Bowl Midwest experiences great drought Not enough food Migrant Workers People gave up farms/homes in search of work, heading west

5 Great Depression Causes of Great Depression: Effects: income gap
high consumer debt, purchasing on credit weakened European economies following World War I large surpluses of U.S. goods Effects: Stock market crashes in 1929 1/3 to ¼ of Americans are unemployed People rely on bread lines for food and sleep in tents and shacks. Government fights Depression through increased government regulation and massive public work projects to create employment

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8 Dust Bowl Cause of Dust Bowl: Effect of Dust Bowl:
Man exhausts the soil Breaks up the evolved prairie grass Overplants crops Crops cannot hold soil in great plains draught 7 year draught Effect of Dust Bowl: Migration west to California Search for better life

9 Dust Storm (above) & Soil Erosion (below)
Clear Day & Dusty Day

10 Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Poetic novelization of the experiences of a young girl during the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma Excerpts “Beginning: August 1920” “Not too Much to Ask” “Rules of Dining” “Fields of Flashing Light”

11 Migrant workers Cause Crop prices fell, which led farmers to plant more crops to earn same amount of money Farmers had to invest in more equipment and help Huge debt! Stock market crash of 1929 Farmers lose farms Effect: Great Plains workers must migrate to California

12 Migrant workers harvesting lettuce
18 year old migrant worker with baby

13 Migrant workers waiting for relief checks
Ditch-bank housing for migrant workers

14 Author Background: John Steinbeck
Born in 1902 in Salinas, California California is backdrop for most novels Spent summers as a farm hand Went to Stanford 1919 Didn’t earn degree Worked as a reporter Published many novels Cup of Gold (1929); Tortilla Flat (1935); Grapes of Wrath (1940) Nobel Prize in Literature 1962

15 John Steinbeck

16 About the novel Published in 1937 Genre: fiction, tragedy
Setting: Mid 1930s in Pacific Grove and Los Gatos ranch Characters: George, Lennie Point of View: Omniscient Conflict: man vs. nature, man vs. man, man vs. society Plot: George & Lennie set out to achieve their dream of owning their own farm, but outside forces and Lennie’s character cause problems.

17 Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The predatory nature of human existence The importance of brotherhood and idealized relationships between men The Importance and Impossibility of the American Dream Struggle between what’s right and what’s convenient

18 Motifs Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes. Corrupting power of Women Loneliness and Companionship Strength and Weakness Curley’s Wife

19 Symbols Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. George & Lennie’s Farm Lennie’s Puppy Candy’s Dog

20 Offensive Elements in the Novel
Swearing Sexual allusions Moral Choices Why might these potentially offensive elements be included in the novel? What effect do they have on characters, setting, plot, etc?

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