Mice and men when was it set

The friendship that George and Lennie share forms the core of the novella, and although Steinbeck idealizes and perhaps exaggerates it, he never questions its sincerity.

Previous post. Next post. Share this: Twitter Facebook. There the men make an attempt at creating some sort of home life and bonding with one another. The bunk house also serves as a symbol of elite masculinity is the text as outsiders such as the feminine Curley's wife and the African-American Crooks are usually barred entry. The men are quite antsy and desire Curley's wife to leave immediately when she makes an appearance.

Steinbeck also reveals that Crooks has only been admitted into the bunk house for a holiday celebration. During the s, the farms and ranches around Soledad were a major destination for agricultural workers turned homeless by economic and ecological turmoil across the United States.

Steinbeck witnessed first-hand the conditions on ranches in this part of California. He lived twenty-five miles from Soledad in Salinas and traveled around the region to research articles for the San Francisco Chronicle about the hardship faced by migrant workers. Of Mice and Men underlines this contrast by sandwiching the ranch setting with the first and last scenes, which are set in the beautiful natural setting of a shaded pool and provide a Garden of Eden-like purity.

The ranch is a stark, harsh environment. A photograph of migrant workers in San Joaquin Valley, California, A photograph of men playing cards and drinking in the forest, ca. A drawing of the ranch of S. Hoover in Sacramento County, California, An architectural drawing of a small farm and residence, Seuss, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.