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    worker’s state of mind led many to despair and seclusion. John Steinbeck incorporated this attitude into his writing by the strong use of foreshadowing to add depth to his novels and symbolism that may be of personal significance. Steinbeck grew up in Salinas‚ California‚ an area greatly impacted by the Stock market crash. And although his family was not affected as much as others‚ he had worked the job of a laborer and pitied those forced to this profession of loneliness and

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    Illinois Press‚ c1996 Eagle‚ Adam Fortunate. Heart of the Rock. University of Oklahoma Press‚ c2002 Deloria‚ Vine Jr.‚ Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties: An Indian Declaration of Independence. New York: Delacorte‚ c1974. Wittstock‚ Laura Waterman/ Salinas‚ Elaine J. A Brief History of the American Indian Movement. http://www.aimovement.org .

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    appears in the introduction of the film. The book starts by describing the surrounding landscape of the Salinas Valley where Lennie and George spend the night by the river. We learn that Lennie is mentally challenged and how this affected their stay at the farm where they previously worked. The film starts‚ however‚ by showing Lennie and George escaping from this farm and their journey to Salinas Valley. Another difference that I noticed is concerning Curley’s wife. In the book there is a scene where

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    shows how adventourous he can be as well. John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His father was County Treasurer and his mother‚ a former schoolteacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and attended classes at Stanford University‚ leaving in 1925 without a degree. He was variously employed as a sales clerk‚ farm laborer‚ ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925‚ he traveled from Los Angeles to New York‚ where he

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    Of Mice and Mein The Dream of Commitment. Louis Owens The Eden myth looms large in Of Mice and Men (1937)‚ the playnovella set along the Salinas River "a few miles south of Soledad" (Of Mice and Men‚ p. 1). And‚ as in all of Steinbeck’s Califomia fiction‚ setting plays a central role in determining the major themes of this work. The fact that the setting for OfMice and Men is a Califomia valley dictates‚ according to the symbolism of Steinbeck’s landscapes‚ that this story will take place in a fallen

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    work in that he attempted to write something lighthearted at the request of a group of soldiers who were tired of reading about war. Cannery Row displays symbolism‚ major themes‚ and characterization throughout the book. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas‚ California in 1902. He spent most of his life in Monterey County‚ California‚ which was the setting for most of his books. Steinbeck grew up with three sisters and had a happy childhood. He was shy‚ but intelligent‚ and formed an appreciation for

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    jobs for laborers‚ it favored wealthy national leaders and oversaw the detrimental effects it would have on the indigenous people of Mexico. The adoption of NAFTA between the three countries precisely began in December of 1992‚ when President Carlos Salinas of Mexico‚ President George H. W. Bush of the United States‚ and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada signed the free trade agreement ("Mexico Signs"). NAFTA was designed to expand the free flow of goods and services throughout North America and

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    Mini Case “Mexico’s Balance-of-Payments Problem” In December of 1994 Mexico entered its second major financial crisis in as many decades‚ requiring painful economic adjustment similar to the debt crisis of 1982. After nearly a decade of stagnant economic activity and high inflation in Mexico‚ the Mexican government liberalized the trade sector in 1985‚ adopted an economic stabilization plan at the end of 1987‚ and gradually introduced market-oriented institutions. Those reforms led to the resumption

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    Of Mice and Men The Novel “of Mice and Men was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck and was set in the context of California’s valley along the Salinas River during the Great Depression of the 1930’s‚ a time when migrant farm workers found it very hard to get work. The story begins beside the Salinas River near Soledad‚ California where two migrant workers‚ Lennie Small and George Milton are walking on their way to a nearby ranch. It covers a span of 3 days they plan to

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