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   Why was 'of mice and men' based on a true story?

   • ‘ Of Mice and Men’ is largely based upon the struggles the ordinary Americans faced due to the hardship caused by the Great Depression, however, a big part of Steinbeck’s intention for the book was for the purpose of activization for the then suffering social class in the United States. What literary genre is ‘ Of Mice and Men ‘ classified?

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   Is'of mice and men' based on a true story?

   • John Steinbeck’s ‘ Of Mice and Men’ is pinned against a historical background and the then state of affairs of the 1930s. However, ‘ Of Mice and Men’ is purely a made-up story but hinged on Steinbeck’s real-life experience, and what was obtained in a society of the Great Depression. Does ‘ Of Mice and Men ‘ have a social call to action?

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   Who wrote the Book of mice and men?

   • Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California, searching for jobs during the Great Depression.

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   Why did Steinbeck write 'of mice and men'?

   • With Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck wanted to tell the story of a community largely unheralded in literature and high culture. 2. Lennie was based on a real person. In the same New York Times article, Steinbeck recalled a fellow laborer on whom Lennie Small’s arc was based: “Lennie was a real person. He’s in an insane asylum in California right now.

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   What era was 'of mice and men' based on?

   • Of Mice and Men, like Steinbeck's two other major works from the 1930s, In Dubious Battle and The Grapes of Wrath, takes its subject and protagonists from the agricultural working class of California during the Great Depression.

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   Is 'of mice and men' a pessimistic book?

   • Some critics have written that Of Mice and Men is one of Steinbeck's most pessimistic works. In spite of this, Steinbeck scholar Louis Owens wrote that "it is nonetheless possible to read Of Mice and Men in a more optimistic light than has been customary.

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   Dec 28, 2023 · With Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck wanted to tell the story of a community largely unheralded in literature and high culture. 2. Lennie was based on a real person. In the same New York Times...

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   Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. [1] [2] It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California, searching for jobs during the Great Depression.

   • Author: John Steinbeck

   • Publish Year: 1937

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   Sep 17, 2024 · Of Mice and Men, novella by John Steinbeck, published in 1937. The tragic story, given poignancy by its objective narrative, is about the complex bond between two migrant labourers. The book was adapted by Steinbeck into a three-act play (produced 1937).

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   Important information about John Steinbeck's background, historical events that influenced Of Mice and Men, and the main ideas within the work.

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   John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a parable about what it means to be human. Steinbeck's story of George and Lennie's ambition of owning their own ranch, and the obstacles that stand in the way of that ambition, reveal the nature of dreams, dignity, loneliness, and sacrifice.

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   John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ is pinned against a historical background and the then state of affairs of the 1930s. However, ‘Of Mice and Men’ is purely a made-up story but hinged on Steinbeck’s real-life experience, and what was obtained in a society of the Great Depression.

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   Of Mice and Men tells the story of two simple men who try to escape homelessness, economic poverty, and emotional and psychological corruption. Otherwise, the fate of those who do not abandon the lives they lead as itinerant workers is bleak and dehumanizing.