Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The book Of Mice and Men, was held in the time period of The Great Depression. It tours the way society was treated during this time. I have done some research to explain how they were treated and compare it to the book.
It starts with “the little man”/the working poor this also means George, according to reference.com, life for poor workers during The Great Depression was an experience of constant hard times. Such difficulties included homelessness, dispossession, serial unemployment, discrimination, violence and even persecution. They traveled from town to town looking for jobs that would take them. As stated in a presentation on prezi by Katie Estel, They also lived in fear of losing their job due to new mechanical equipment that could

Some lived in poor houses where their families put them maybe because they couldn’t handle the burden. As stated in oxnotes.com, Those who were retired or close to retirement watched everything they worked for go down the drain, they weren’t well enough to work or they couldn’t find jobs that would allow them to earn back their investments.as reported in a presentation on prezi by Miss Reed, There was a law passed that said children had to take care of their elderly parents, grandparents, or brother and sister. This law became a burden on children which lead to broken relationships. When you compare this to Candy, you can tell that he is treated badly by the other workers and they talk to him like he is nothing. Candy might have been thrown out of is children's house because of the law that was passed and now he is having to work to support himself. Candy is scared that the boss is gonna give him the boot because of his hand and he is becoming old and

In reference to and google presentation, with the effects of The Great Depression and World War 2, work was pushed upon them. The women who worked in the labor force and unions still continued to be invaded by sexism and racism. In the factories and mills every woman with a job worked hard and for long hours, and for those long hours they got little pay. During the depression it was harder for women to feed their families due to low money budget and struggles and in the economy. They learned how to farm and cook different foods, they also learned to stretch food to make them last longer than just one meal. When comparing this to curley's wife we see that she gets judged because she roams around trying to find somebody to talk to. Curley doesn’t like his wife to leave their house, maybe because he is scared she might try to cheat on him or he thinks she should be at home cooking and cleaning. She can’t take care of kids seeing how they don’t have any. Really the only thing Curley’s wife had to deal with is the sexist thing, but close to the end when Crooks, Lennie and Candy were all in Crook’s room she did show some signs of racism with her