Of Mice and Men Context

What happened in the times “Of Mice

and Men”?By James Myers

What happened: 2 years until world war 2The dustbowlThe great depressionU.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.

1937

The great depression hit America in the late 1920’s with the collapse of the stock market this happened because many people were buying things they couldn’t afford by putting it on credit this is now a problem today but in the 1920’s-30’s this was a nightmare with people going from millionaires to bankrupt in a matter of seconds!

The great depression

Crooks' disability – his crooked back – makes him the subject of further ridicule, as described by Candy, They let the n****r come in that night. Little skinner name of Smitty took after the n****r. Done pretty good, too. The guys wouldn't let him use his feet, so the n****r got him.

Discrimination

Was a mix of strong winds in the desert it was so strong it ripped seeds from the ground and flipped 2 ton trucks 10 feet in the air. Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely.

The Dust bowl

The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.

The American dream