Of Mice and Men: racial discrimination and its effects In Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck, several characters were used to portray the effects of societal discrimination during the 1930’s. One of these characters was Crooks, a disabled African-American horse tamer who is alienated due to his race; causing him to doubt the possibility of attaining a better future for himself. Like Candy, --a swamper who is becoming fearful for his own future as a disabled elderly man--, his biggest aspiration is
Hoovervilles were small shanty towns full of small shacks made out of scrap metal. Everyone there struggled to survive and sometimes left their families to struggle on their own. All of these issues generated loneliness on many levels. John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, is a great example of the struggles of the Great Depression as well as the portrayal of loneliness. It is about two individuals and their journey to a new place for new hope. The book exemplifies the challenges of the Great Depression