Of Mice And Men Pre-research
By hunter Berryman
Setting
Where: took place in California
What: This book is about the adventures of two men, George Milton and Lennie Small.They were migrant workers who had to search for work during the Great Depression. It talks of the friendship between the two men. In the end, George had to protect Lennie from the mob who were looking for Lennie intending to kill him. To spare Lennie from a painful death from the angry mob, George shot him.
Migrant workers
Relevant dates: 1929 wallstreet crash
1937 book published
1902- Steinbeck born
Example of type if work: farming
Daily wage: $2.50 a day
What did farm agencies do?: they regulate farming in the United States
American Dream
Their dream was to live a better life, mainly to get out of persecution or poverty
Why did the American dream of wealth and prosperity fade for some?:
Because the horrors of slavery, loss of jobs, led to many shattered dreams and put many more people in poverty
The Great Depression
Ended: 1939 or WWII
Effects: closed businesses, poverty, mass migrations, loss of hope, shattered dreams, organized crime rate increase
Unemployed meant rate: 24% in 1933
Other Facts
Idioms: this book is full of idioms, which is language that means something other than what it says
Banned book: controversy over banning the book going on for 50 years due to the prejudice and language within.
John stein beck wrote the book and published it in 1937
Gary Sinise and john Malkovich were actors that played parts in the 1994 movie, and James Franco and Chris O'Dowd played parts in the newest movie