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1 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

2 I. John Steinbeck:

3 -born in 1902 in Salinas, California -used this setting as the backdrop for many of his novels -attended Stanford but did not graduate

4 -worked at various jobs to survive including fruit picking, care taking and journalist.

5 -first successful novel was published in 1935 (Tortilla Flat) -1936 published Of Mice and Men.

6 -won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for his novel The Grapes of Wrath which is about one family’s 1930s migration from the dust bowl in Oklahoma to the “promised land” of California.

7 -married in 1930, divorced in 1942. -1962 won the Nobel Prize for Literature -1968 died in New York City.

8 II. Steinbeck’s Writings:

9 -he emphasized the need for humans to be in partnership with nature.

10 -his characters are the outcasts of society, poor, uneducated and often rebellious.

11 III. The Novel

12 1. Themes to look for: Economic hardships Dreams and hope lost Alienation of the individual Rootless Americans (unwanted) Isolation from society (drifters) Man’s need to belong

13 Tracking Overall Theme Humans need to belong some- where and to someone. Steinbeck emphasizes that people have dreams and that they have a right to achieve modest goals. However, the world beats down people and dooms their dreams and isolates them from society and each other.

14 * Make sure to track that theme and the characters that display that in the novel for a possible timed writing

15 2. Setting Mid-state California Region is heavily farmed and rural 1930’s, Great Depression

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17 Causes of The Depression Unequal distribution of Wealth War Debt Stock Market crash of 1929

18 Effects of The Depression Widespread hunger, unemployment Worldwide economic crisis

19 Farm life during the Depression Midwest Drought and Dust Bowl Migrant workers traveled to find places to work

20 Town of Weed Place where George and Lennie originally worked Town’s name suggests something unwanted… a parallel to the theme of unwanted human beings…notice who is unwanted in novel

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23 3. Title of novel Title is a literary allusion taken from Robert Burn’s poem “To a Mouse” The poem deals with a plowman’s accidental killing of a mouse’s nest.

24 Burns summarizes the situation of the poor mouse by saying: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men/…Gang aft agley” (Scottish saying that means – plans often go astray). The title draws back to the theme of dreams lost…notice who’s dreams are lost in the novel

25 Have your book by Wednesday!

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