Economic Crisis In The Novel Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck is an American Novelist found during the Great Depression Era.Most of Steinbeck's work is set in southern and central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region.His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.The Great Depression was the worst economic slump that had ever existed in the United States history.In these novels, the social and economic environment in which the workers evolving show cases the difficulty to sustain and maintain adequate existence.There are many factors which played a role in bringing about the economic depression; however the main causes of the Great Depression were the overproduction in industry and agriculture, the high tariffs and war debts, the stock market speculation and financial panic.During the Great Depression era socio and economic crisis was the major flaw.In Of Mice and Men depicts the aimless existence of the migrant laborers who worked hard yet perpetually lack the money to purchase farms of their own in their dream of the promising land to start a new life of good hope.People started migrating, because that was the last yardstick in hand to achieve the normal existence of life.This sort of character transformation in these novels was clearly observed in each character from the commencement to the concluding part.Most of the characters and the protagonists of the novel understood the difficulties and hurdles in leading a mere life.Though there was a great downfall and chaos, people were stubborn in their own way of leading life and also financially upgrading themselves.Of Mice and Men revolves round the relationship of two migrant farm workers in California garnered immediate as a play-novelette in the early thirties that means during the great depression.In the towns there is hardly any work to find.In the countryside there is at least works, but the circumstances aren"t very nice.There is no place in society for mentally retarded people like Lennie, there is no social system, which would help them Crooks is discriminated because of the color of his skin.He has no contact to the other farm workers.Candy has no social security after his accident and in some years, when he is too old for doing his work, he will be dismissed and nobody will care about him.It"s said that Steinbeck wasn"t a political writer, but in his playnovelette, Of Mice and Men he shows themes of the time like discrimination of Afro-American people, no place for mentally retarded ones, and no social security.His critics often blamed him of a philosophy supporting socialism.Lennie and George have no real home, being migrant workers.They work the season, and then move on, so they have no family, no community, not ties except each other.Candy is a senior citizen with a physical handicap, and even though we get the sense he has been at the ranch for some time, he has few ties or friends either, and tells Lennie and George later in the story that he has no family, no kids.He is alone in most senses of the word.Curley's Wife is in an unhappy marriage, and more or less trapped on the farm.She seeks the male company of many of the workers simply for someone to talk to and since Curley himself is such an abusive jerk.Steinbeck"s trilogy novels address facets of social problems that impact the marginalized people of society in profound ways.There are many social problems that are explored in this novel, including the treatment and perception of people who are poor, people who are mentally challenged, and African Americans.Examine Steinbeck"s treatment of these social problems, and consider whether he presents them as equivalent.At its heart, Of Mice and Men is a story about brotherhood with George and Lennie"s relationship.Chapter One, in particular, portrays the depth of George and Lennie"s mutual reliance.Lennie relies on George to keep him safe out of trouble and in a job.It teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence.Steinbeck records a profound human truth, oppression does not come only from the hands of the strong or the powerful.The novella suggests that most visible kind of strength that used to oppress itself born of weakness.Ultimately, however, the world is too harsh and predatory a place to sustain such relationships.Lennie and George , became closest to achieve this ideal of brotherhood, are forced to separate tragically, with this a rare friendship vanishes, but the real of the world, represented by Curley and Carlson, who watch George stumble away with grief from his friend "s dead body fails to be found in the world.