Of Mice And Men Steinbeck Great Depression Analysis

One way Steinbeck shows the effect of the great depression on the American Dream is through the characters George and Lenny. He shows the reader the impossible dream these two set up for themselves and are far away from achieving. In the words of Steinbeck, the readers learn that they need 600 dollars to achieve their dream, but only have 10. The depression is crippling the dream they have and makes it even harder to accomplish because of the low paying jobs. In the words of Steinbeck, theses two characters have been traveling for a while. Now we learn they are literally and figuratively getting farther away from their