John Steinbeck was born in California in 1902 and came from a modern family. He attended Stanford University but did not graduate and moved to New York City in 1925 to become a freelance writer, though he failed and returned to California. Steinbeck began writing his novella Of Mice and Men in 1937, two years before World War II. The novella contains zoomorphic imagery and explores the theme of the American Dream during the Great Depression, when unemployment reached 23.6% and over 5,000 banks failed in the United States.
1. Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in California. He came
form a pretty modern family
He went to Stanford university but never graduated in
1925 he went to new York were he trained himself to
become a freelance writer but failed and retuned to
California.
2. The great depression.
It started when imports got a lot more expensive.
By 1932, unemployment had reached 23.6%, and
more then 5,000 banks failed.
A chart of how badly the great
depression hit America.
3. Of Mice and men
John Steinbeck began to write his novella in 1937 two
years before the war.
In his book it contains zoomorphic imagery and about
the American dream.
4. The American dream
The American dream was a way of encouragement
for the citizens of America.
The dream was based around a perfect life a house a
dog and a car.
Propaganda was placed all over cities to give a boost
and soon after people wanted to have that dream.
