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

2 JOHN STEINBECK * BORN IN SALINAS, CA - (1902-1968)
* FIRST THREE BOOKS WERE FINANCIAL FAILURES * MASTERPIECE = THE GRAPES OF WRATH ABOUT A FAMILY DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WON A PULITZER PRIZE IN 1940. * ATTENDED STANFORD UNIVERSITY; LEFT WITHOUT A DEGREE. * LIVED IN MIGRANT CAMPS TO WORK AND ASSOCIATE WITH THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHOM HE WROTE. * STEINBECK WAS VERY SHY AND SHUNNED PUBLIC ATTENTION.

3 THEMES OF STEINBECK’S WRITING
* HIS STORIES ARE BASED ON FACT. * OFTEN SET IN CA AND FOCUS ON NATURE WITH DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS. * HE HUMANIZED THE WORKING CLASS OUTCAST OR “LOSER.” * ALLEGORICAL WRITING (USES OF SYMBOLS AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE). * HE WAS INTERESTED IN RAISING THE AWARENESS OF HOW PEOPLE LIVED

4 “SHACK HOUSE” IN CALIFORNIA DURING THE 30S

5 TIME SETTING—THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1930s)
* TIME OF GREAT DESPAIR—PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS, HOMES, SECURITY, AND THEIR HOPE. (a.) The Dust Bowl— dust storms in the Great Plains caused many to move from their homes to California. (b.) Vast droughts and flooding. * ROOTLESSNESS AND POVERTY WERE WAYS OF LIFE.

6 STYLE, GENRE, and THEME * GENRE—PLAY-NOVELLETE
* WRITING STYLE—CONCISE, REALISTIC LANGUAGE *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

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

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