The novel 'Of Mice and Men ' by John Steinbeck is set in the early 1930 's following the collapse of the New York wall street market known as the depression years.
In this time there was heavy unemployment; migrant workers from all over America came to California where the novel is set in the Salinas valley in search of prospects of work. The ranch itself is a microcosm of the life for migrant workers in that time, their …show more content…
He realises what he has done and remembers that if he did anything bad George said to go to the brush where he 'd find him there, so Lennie quickly and quietly leaves. Candy is the first to find her in the barn and gets George who knows instantly what has happened he tells candy to let him go to the bunk house first then tell the rest of them so he doesn 't look involved.
There dream is destroyed and candy blames Curley 's wife, when he tells the rest of them Curley shows no sign of remorse all he can do is think about getting Lennie back.
As they all take off to find Lennie, George manages to find him first by the lake; even now he is still afraid he won 't be able to tend the rabbits. George knows that there is no way out for them, knowing Curley he would just want to kill him he wouldn 't put him in jail, and if he let him go the Lennie couldn 't look after himself he would die without food, shelter and someone to look after