with the hope and inspiration to a fresh start in a new atmosphere. This was well known as the American dream. John Steinbeck illustrated the American dream very well in his writing. For example, he showed it in Mice and Men with George and Lennie fantasising about their future dreams, and he discussed it in The Grapes of Wrath showing how migrant workers were put into their position. John Steinbeck was more advanced than the majority of his classmates. He even skipped 5th grade, and began high school
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men uses a variety of literary elements to help the reader acquire a better understanding of the text and how it shows us The setting in which Of Mice and Men takes place is a significant element in the story, and takes place during a critical time in American history: the Great Depression. People have been left poor and desperate for work all over the country (Shmoop Editorial Team). Such difficult conditions are what help set up the situations that
Of Mice and Men “Man is the only kind of varmint that sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.”- John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is a classic novella about two men, George and Lennie who dream of owning a farm. By writing this, Steinbeck suggests that the American dream cannot come true. The “American Dream” is often defined by the person projecting the dream, and typically the dreamer desires a form of untarnished happiness, allowing the character freedom to make
'loneliness' to other words such as darkness, an inescapable reality or a prison cell. Of Mice and Men is a novel which explores the theme of loneliness and how it affects the characters—in either an unambiguous or abstract way. The story is set during the 1930s during the Great Depression in a place called Soledad. The name itself translates to 'loneliness' in Spanish. In John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, he proves that loneliness