2015 Research Paper
Sireena Ramgopal
Mrs.Lubin/Penso
English 9R
16 September 2015 The cultural influences that motivated John Steinbeck to write
Of Mice and Men were to show how discrimination was a big part during the Great Depression
.
Migrant workers and women were treated poorly by society
, which caused them to feel lonely and isolated
.
Due to the cause of the Great Depression
,
people also lost their jobs and had trouble getting them back
.
One example of discrimination from
Of Mice and Men and John Steinbeck is that migrant workers and women we treated poorly by society
,
which caused them to feel lonely and isolated
.
th
Since the early 20 century
,
Steinbeck has been exposed to workers all throughout his young life
because his father once owned a ranch that he used to work on
.
While Steinbeck was there he realized that during his
“
early work life he often looked at what happened when the hopeful expectations of immigrants and the poor ran up against the realities of the working world ”
(Bloom
, 1)
.
This means that migrant workers working all had an American dream but all their dreams got held up during the working world
.
In his novella
,
the migrant workers George and Lennie had a big dream about owning their own ranch but they never got to pursue that dreams because of their work
.
This shows that the migrant workers during Steinbeck’s childhood and in
Of Mice and Men are related
, just like the women during that time
.
Women during the Great Depression were also treated unpleasant
,
“
Women weren
’
t allowed to own anything and were forced to work inside the house
”
(Ware
,
1)
.
This means that women were not allowed to work anywhere else but the house while the men worked
.
As for in
Of Mice and Men
,
Curley
’
s wife was the only woman on the ranch and no one would talk to her because they knew that she would cost them their jobs
.
Plus
,
she
Mrs.Lubin/Penso
English 9R
16 September 2015 The cultural influences that motivated John Steinbeck to write
Of Mice and Men were to show how discrimination was a big part during the Great Depression
.
Migrant workers and women were treated poorly by society
, which caused them to feel lonely and isolated
.
Due to the cause of the Great Depression
,
people also lost their jobs and had trouble getting them back
.
One example of discrimination from
Of Mice and Men and John Steinbeck is that migrant workers and women we treated poorly by society
,
which caused them to feel lonely and isolated
.
th
Since the early 20 century
,
Steinbeck has been exposed to workers all throughout his young life
because his father once owned a ranch that he used to work on
.
While Steinbeck was there he realized that during his
“
early work life he often looked at what happened when the hopeful expectations of immigrants and the poor ran up against the realities of the working world ”
(Bloom
, 1)
.
This means that migrant workers working all had an American dream but all their dreams got held up during the working world
.
In his novella
,
the migrant workers George and Lennie had a big dream about owning their own ranch but they never got to pursue that dreams because of their work
.
This shows that the migrant workers during Steinbeck’s childhood and in
Of Mice and Men are related
, just like the women during that time
.
Women during the Great Depression were also treated unpleasant
,
“
Women weren
’
t allowed to own anything and were forced to work inside the house
”
(Ware
,
1)
.
This means that women were not allowed to work anywhere else but the house while the men worked
.
As for in
Of Mice and Men
,
Curley
’
s wife was the only woman on the ranch and no one would talk to her because they knew that she would cost them their jobs
.
Plus
,
she