The novel of Mice and Men is set in the American depression of 1937. The American depression was a hard time for the American people. Steinbeck was inspired by the experience he undertook during 1919 to 1926. He worked as a manual, unskilled farm labourer on ranches in northern California. The book was written after 'In Dubious Battle', which caused scandal left, right and centre. It inspired Steinbeck ... these very problems that get him into trouble because as a child of ten does, he forgets things like where he is, where he's going and who the people around him are. This is apparent in the...

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