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 to ... by offering to put money into the dream. This dream rekindles life within him, but it also becomes an obsession and in his excitement he lets slip to both Curley's wife and Crooks about ...

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