Essay | "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

In this essay I will be exploring the themes of loneliness and also the impression at the American Dream in the novel `Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck wrote this book on a ranch where he lived.

Of Mice and Men was written in the 1930s. It's set near Soledad, on the Salinas River in California. It was written in the middle of the Wall Street Crash. The Wall Street Crash was when banks and market stock were bankrupt. This incident happened to people and they had to leave their homes and find jobs, in foreign places. Several agencies were set up to send men to work in the ranches.

Of Mice and Men is a story of two friends, Lennie and George. Both are very different to each other. One is strong with a mind of a child and the other George is tall and brighter.

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