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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men PowerPoint Notes provide background information on Steinbeck, the context of the Great Depression and migrant workers, themes in the novel, and symbolism. Key points: - Steinbeck was born in 1902 in California and drew on his experiences working on ranches to write novels about migrant workers. - Of Mice and Men was published in 1936 and tells the story of migrant workers in California during the Great Depression. - The American Dream is presented critically as many workers struggled with poverty, discrimination, and lack of opportunity during this era. - Themes in the novel include the exploitation of vulnerable groups, the difficulties of achieving the American Dream, and how loneliness can prov

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Of Mice and Men Guided Powerpoint Notes

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men PowerPoint Notes provide background information on Steinbeck, the context of the Great Depression and migrant workers, themes in the novel, and symbolism. Key points: - Steinbeck was born in 1902 in California and drew on his experiences working on ranches to write novels about migrant workers. - Of Mice and Men was published in 1936 and tells the story of migrant workers in California during the Great Depression. - The American Dream is presented critically as many workers struggled with poverty, discrimination, and lack of opportunity during this era. - Themes in the novel include the exploitation of vulnerable groups, the difficulties of achieving the American Dream, and how loneliness can prov

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NAME: __________________________________ PER: _______

John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men PowerPoint Notes


John Steinbeck
-Steinbeck was born in 1902 in Salinas, CA
-He spent a lot of time ____________as a child and learned to
________________________.
-Steinbeck even worked during his summers as a ________________ at nearby
ranches.
School yearbook!

-At the age of 14 he decided to be a writer, he was even the editor of his High

-From 1919-1925 Steinbeck attended Stanford University to please his parents, but dropped out to work
as a field hand with migrant workers in California.
-During the late 1920s and 1930s, he wrote several novels set in California fields, using vibrant
______________________________.
-Steinbeck gained great success by readers and critics.
-In 1936, Of Mice and Men was published, and was so ___________________ that Steinbeck began a book
tour that led him to Europe and then NY.
-After writing many other works, including some non-fiction, John Steinbeck died on December 20,
1968, at his apartment in New York City.
-His 3rd wife took him home to Salinas to be buried near the ____________________________________.
The Book: Of Mice and Men
-Of Mice and Men was originally written as a_______ that could be read like a
novel, called ________________________.
-When Steinbeck first thought of the idea for the book he intended it to be for
children. Steinbeck told a friend that he was experimenting with a new
dramatic form.
-In May 1936, he wrote a manuscript, but his puppy (a setter called Toby) ate it!
Setting
-The novel is set in the __________________________________, where John Steinbeck was born.
-The countryside described at the beginning of the novel, and the ranch itself is based on Steinbecks
own experiences as a field hand in Soledad.

NAME: __________________________________ PER: _______


-The novel deals with the issues dear to Steinbecks heart, like, __________, homelessness, the
exploitation of migrant workers, the ____________________________ during The Great Depression.
A Bit of History-The Great Depression, The Dustbowl, Migrant Workers
-Between the 1880s and the 1930s, thousands of men would travel the countryside in search of
ranch/farm work. They were called migrant
workers.
-In 1929 the Stock Market crashed, banks and
companies failed, people lost their jobs and
homes, and farms went barren due to a lack of
demand for certain crops.
-In California, these workers would earn at
most _____________________ a day, plus food and
shelter.
-They were largely Dustbowl refugees from
Oklahoma, called ____________.
-Usually their family farms had been completely destroyed by dust storms, droughts, or repossessed by
banks.
The American Dream
-Despite the hardship, most Americans and immigrants still believed in the American Dream: you can
be successful if you work hard and live morally.
-The Dream assumes equality of _________________, no discrimination, freedom to __________________,
and freedom from victimization.
-Steinbeck often criticizes the American Dream as being ____________________ in his novels. Thousands
of people flocked from the Midwest to California as Steinbeck wrote his novels in search of a better
future that often never came.
Themes in Of Mice and Men
Society takes advantage of the _____________________: the less knowledgeable, the poor, and racial
minorities.
The ____________________________, to an extent, is unachievable.
____________________ makes people do things they would not normally do and is often provoked by the
lonely individual.
Symbolism in Of Mice and Men
-Animals: often symbolize ___________________________________________________________________________
-Water: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME: __________________________________ PER: _______


- Landscape: _________________________________________________________________________________________
- Names: _____________________________________________________________________________________________
- Colors: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Imagery in Of Mice and Men
-________________________________
-________________________________
-____________________________________________________
Knowing what you know about the American Dream, how Steinbeck
felt about the American Dream, the characters, and that Steinbeck
named his novel after the poem To a Mouse, what kinds of
predictions can you make about this novel?

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