How Does Steinbeck Portray The Harsh Lives Of The Workers Of the Great Depresion Essay

I hope this essay will show you how the workers of the the Statesn Great depression of 1937 struggled to survive in the rough-cut environment that was their work place. Many people from the cities of the States had to give up their lives and start again in the country working on counterpanees shifting clavus and grain getting paid very little.Workers of the Great Depression had few possessions. Many lone(prenominal) had p completely rolls, wash kit, a small amount of tinned food and what little money they could earn. They had few possessions for dickens reasons one, because they couldnt afford many possessions and also because they found it easier because they are constantly on the move. This represents there harsh life because it illustrates that they have no were to call home. Many workers spent their money fast during the weekends by drinking, manoeuvre or in the Cat House.In the young men view the women as a thing you buy like drink so women didnt have proper rights. Simil arly Crooks the menacing cripple, has little or no rights. In Steinbecks book Curleys wife is not assumption a real name she is simply referred to as slut, whore, or simply Curleys wife. This potbelly implies that she is a position of her husband it implies a harsh and limited existence and how badly the poor women of 1930s America were treated in society.Prejudice plays a significant part in John Steinbecks figment Of Mice and Men and is seen with some characters like Crooks, Candy and Lennie. All have some kind of disability. Crooks is crippled because he was kick by a horse this is made worse by the fact that hes black so he is racially abused as well. The boss Gave the stable buck cavity when George and Lennie were late arriving at the ranch. He knew that Crooks couldnt complain because he has no rights. This shows how he is blamed for anything and cant defend him self this show the harsh life of his. Candy is crippled because he upset his hand to a machine, so he can do l ittle work and he is old. This sets him isolated form the others and they see him as the old outcast. Lennie is mentally handicapped, he has a childs thought so he isnt very clever and he likes soft things like mice and puppies.This gets him into trouble in the novel. Firstly he stroked a womans red dress, she got confused and screams he got scared and holds on to the dress and wont let go. This led him to being accused of raping her so Lennie and George had to run away. Secondly Curleys wife lets him stroke her hair because its soft, after a while she tries to pull away except he holds on and he ends up breaking her neck. For this Lennie has to run away. He is also really self-colored and this contributes to him getting in trouble because he doesnt know his own strength, he kills many mice because he pets them to hard and he kills a puppy as well as Curleys wife.Many, if not all the characters in Of Mice and Men are lonely because they move from ranch to ranch making new confe derates and leaving old ones behind. Candy has an old frump that is his only companion. He has had him since he was a pup and is practically attached to him. However some of the workers persuade him to shoot the old dog and by doing this he looses his only true friend.This contributes to the theme of harshness I believe that many of the workers were jealous of candy and his dog and envy him so they force him to put it down. This is also the same as George because he kills his only true friend and companion by shooting. Curleys wife is also lonely, being the only woman on the ranch and Curley forbids her from talking to the workers. She breaks this by talking to the workers in doorways which gives her the reputation of a slut.Many of the workers ambition the American dream of having their own land. George and Lennie have a dream that they will own little plot of land with rabbits and palm and if its miserable weather they will light a fire and sit around it not working, Guys lik e us.. an listen to the rain coming down on the roof. When Candys dog is shot he trys to muscle in on their dream. Many of them have dreams so that they can be distracted from the harsh lives of reality.In conclusion, the title of this book tells the reader about the novel in a few words. The title of this book is taken from an Irish poem by Alfred ruin The best laid plans of mice and men always go wrong. I believe that this is a ethical choice of title for the book because it shows how Steinbeck has used this to portray the harsh lives of the workers of the book and the dreams are what should happen in a fair world when it really all goes wrong.