Of Mice and Men- Context
Hello, I hope you're having a wonderful day. In today’s post, I’d love to tell ya’ll that we will be looking together at the novel Of mice and men. So, for today will be discussing context. Firstly, what is context? And why is it important? Context is the background information, the people at the time, how they thought, and what they believed. Context is essential in literature as it helps us to further understand the text we are reading. What is the American Dream? The American dream is the belief that anyone can attain success regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into. The American dream is believed to be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard-working, rather than by chance. John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men in 1936, during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a period of economic crisis and stagnation, when there were very high levels of poverty and unemployment, and when farming communities in particular suffered greatly. Many...