What Is The Great Depression In Of Mice And Men

Can you even imagine what life was like for people in the great depression? Well if you are not very educated in the subject, then it can be difficult to imagine what happens in Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck. This book gives a pretty clear and interesting example of the great depression from a man's perspective. In Of Mice And Men there are a lot of problems that start and happen. There is lots of different types of discrimination that takes place. A few people are very overpowering and think they are better than others. One of the best things that happens in Of Mice And Men is the amazingly caring friendship Lennie and George developed. Of Mice And Men is a novel full of lots of crazy and hurtful things. George and Lennie’s friendship
If you are disabled, not white or a woman, you have no say in anything and no one will listen to you. Lennie was treated this way because he was mentally impaired and was a grown man who acted and thought like a young child. Lennie got pushed around by Curley often because Curley did not like guys bigger than him and Lennie was not allowed to fight back unless george told him to. The time that george allowed him to fight back, things went bad and Curley got his hand broke by Lennie’s strong grip. Other characters in Of Mice And Men were discriminated too. One in which was Crooks, a black stable buck, he was not allowed to live in the bunk house because he is the only worker who is African-American. During the Great Depression, African-Americans were not respected because of their race. Woman during that time were thought of as property of men and were not respected the way they should have been. Curley had a wife and throughout the whole book her name was never mentioned, she was just called Curley’s wife. It was not necessary back then for men to introduce their wives by their names because they should not have been talking to other men in the first
Curley Always thinks he is better than all other men on the ranch just because he is the boss's son. Knowing you are in charge and can tell others what to do might make you take advantage of that. Curley pushed around Lennie not only because he was jealous of him being bigger than him, but also because he knew he could victimize him and people who witnessed it could not get him in trouble. The way that George controled Lennie by not letting him talk seemed a little harsh. Lennie was his own person even if he was not 100% there, he should have been able to speak for himself even if he might mess things up with what he said. George and Lennie have such an amazing friendship. When it comes to the way they started this friendship, the book really doesn't say. After Lennie’s Aunt Clara died George just kind of stuck around and took care of Lennie who was never able to take care of himself. Lennie looks at George as one of the most important aspects in his life. As George just mostly deals with him because it is just how it has been for so long. In some way it seems as if Lennie sees George as sort of a father figure in his childish