Migrant Workers In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

“Of Mice and Men” is a novel written in 1937 by John Steinbeck. The novel is set in 1930’s located at Salinas, California. Steinbeck spent time working on farms when he was young. Certainly during these times, he saw the life of migrant workers. Steinbeck wrote the novel to show the terrible hardship of migrant workers and the huge social and economic difficulties during the great depression. The novel is about two migrant workers called Lennie and George searching for work in Soledad, California. Both Lennie and George are looking to achieve the American dream.

“An Inspector Calls” is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1945 when World War 2 had ended and the play set in 1912 during the First World War.
This quote as whole emphasises the loneliness of the migrant worker but the referral to the ‘loneliest guys in the world’ emphasises the hardship the migrant workers faced throughout their lives. The word ‘loneliest’ and ‘world’ have been juxtaposed to show the effects of the great depression upon the normal working person who has been sent spiralling into a lifetime loneliness and isolation. Migrant workers faced many hardships throughout the 1930’s including lack of wages and food along with the other member of the American
As George and Lennie are both wearing the exactly the same is suggests shapelessness in them. both along with the other men on the ranch. They both have something in common (social class), this link to the context because during the 1930’s migrant workers wore “denim trousers and denim coats”, from this we can deduce that it shows poverty. We can see the alliteration makes the denim stands out showing the commonality of migrant workers who were all the same. It was unusual for migrant workers to travel around which is shown by Slim “Ain’t many guys travel around together” which further shows how close the relationship between George and Lennie. “The first man stopped short in the clearing and the follower nearly ran over him” the alliteration makes it stand out that Lennie isn’t focusing and creates a sense of abruptness. It also shows that Lennie is following without noticing like a child being led by a parent. George is loyal to Lennie throughout the novel because he backs Lennie in the bunkhouse scuffle with Curly, encouraging him to defend himself and then helping to cover for Lennie when Curley is seriously injured. George even lies to help Lennie to get a job. “I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time.” We can deduce the difficulties of finding work for disabled (Lennie) which is linked with 1930’s America social