he first theme that is central to the historical moment of the Great Depression and gives a cinematically expressive comment on the 1930s is the theme of hardship in obtaining the American Dream. The Great Depression caused so many people to be in such financial turmoil, which made it hard for them to start businesses, own cars, and this crippled so many people’s dreams. George and Lennie were characters in the film that lived through this horrific time period and their struggle showed that it was deemed impossible to achieve the American Dream where everything families had were emptied out in the melancholic stock market crash. Cinematic techniques tried to portray this sorrow with different techniques such as music. Lennie’s death was a representation of the death of their American dream so when …show more content…
Curley’s wife was placed in a subordinate position when she is mostly known as Curley’s wife, under ownership of Curley. Curley’s wife was also seen as a lonely woman constantly seeking companionship from the men. She was constantly sad and needed someone she can spill her thoughts to. That led to her death. She entered the barn, searching for someone to converse with to discuss how skeptical she was over on her future on the ranch. She saw Lennie and started to discuss her dream of starring in a show and then Lennie discussed his dreams of owning his farm with George with rabbits on it. Here in this scene, the characters exchange their dreams they feel can help them escape the uncertainty and misery they constantly think of. In this scene, Curley’s wife represented how the woman felt during the Great Depression when the man left the family to find a way to feed the family. The women were lonely when their husbands left. Some of their husbands left because they hate feeling so useless in the house. They felt since they were not acting out their role as a provider then what is their purpose of sticking