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1 OF MICE AND MEN BACKGROUND
JOHN STEINBECK OF MICE AND MEN BACKGROUND

2 STEINBECK—HIS LIFE AND WORKS
A. BORN IN SALINAS, CALIFORNIA (1902) B. FIRST THREE BOOKS WERE FINANCIAL FAILURES C. FIRST SUCCESSFUL BOOK = TORTILLA FLAT (1935)

3 STEINBECK’S LIFE CONTINUED HENRY FONDA IN THE GRAPES OF WRATH
D. MASTERPIECE = THE GRAPES OF WRATH ABOUT A FAMILY DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WON A PULITZER PRIZE IN 1940. E. HE BEGAN WRITING BECAUSE HIS MOM, A TEACHER, READ CLASSICAL LITERATURE TO HIM. F. ATTENDED STANFORD UNIVERSITY; LEFT WITHOUT A DEGREE. HENRY FONDA IN THE GRAPES OF WRATH STANFORD UNIVERSITY

4 STEINBECK’S LIFE CONTINUED
G. LIVED IN MIGRANT CAMPS TO WORK AND ASSOCIATE WITH THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHOM HE WROTE. H. PERSONALITY—SHY, SHUNNED PUBLIC ATTENTION. MIGRANT CAMP IN CALIFORNIA IN 1930s

5 STEINBECK’S WRITING A. HIS STORIES ARE BASED ON FACT.
B. OFTEN SET IN CA AND FOCUS ON NATURE WITH DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS. C. HE HUMANIZED THE WORKING CLASS OUTCAST OR “LOSER.”

6 STEINBECK’S WRITING CONT.
D. ALLEGORICAL WRITING (USES OF SYMBOLS AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE). E. HE WAS INTERESTED IN RAISING THE AWARENESS OF ALL ABOUT ALL IN SOCIETY.

7 THE NOVEL—OF MICE AND MEN
A. PLACE SETTING: A SMALL RANCH NEAR THE SALINAS RIVER IN CALIFORNIA MIGRANT WORKERS DURING THE DEPRESSION

8 TIME SETTING—THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1930s)
1. TIME OF GREAT DESPAIR—PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS, HOMES, SECURITY, AND THEIR HOPE.

9 “SHACK HOUSE” IN CALIFORNIA DURING THE 30S

10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
(a.) The Dust Bowl— dust storms in the Great Plains caused many to move from their homes to California. (b.) Vast droughts and flooding. CAR ESCAPING STORM DUST STORM IN S. DAKOTA

11 EFFECTS OF A DUST STORM

12 PRESIDENT FDR AT HIS DESK
MORE PROBLEMS 3. ROOTLESSNESS AND POVERTY WERE WAYS OF LIFE. 4. FDR—THE NEW DEAL (INTRODUCED MINIMUM WAGE, WELFARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, WORK CARDS, AND JOB CREATION). PRESIDENT FDR AT HIS DESK

13 THE NOVEL’S STYLE OR GENRE
1. GENRE—PLAY-NOVELLETE (CHARACTERS ARE DEVELOPED THROUGH SPEECH AND ACTION RATHER THAN THE AUTHOR TELLING YOU THEIR THOUGHTS.) 2. WRITING STYLE—CONCISE, REALISTIC LANGUAGE

14 THEMES A. FRIENDSHIP B. LONELINESS
C. THE WORTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE—DOES HUMAN LIFE HAVE A PURPOSE? D. DISILLUSIONMENT WITH THE AMERICAN DREAM

15 CHARACTERS GEORGE PHYSICALLY SMALL SMART LENNIE’S CARETAKER LENNIE
PHYSICALLY BIG MENTALLY CHALLENGED DEPENDENT ON GEORGE

16 SOURCES library.thinkquest.org/ TQ0312210/Dustbowl.html
/DustBowl.jpg resources/climate/20... principal---federal-re...

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