The Great Depression

The Great Depression is comparable to Lennie and George's life.   I would like


  to give a comparison of George Milton and Lennie Small to the Great


  Depression.   The time that this story took place was during the Great


  Depression.   John Steinbeck captured the reality of this most difficult time.  


  During the Great Depression people needed to travel together to share


  chores and duties to make a living until something better came along.   That is


  the way George and Lennie traveled.   They traveled together to take care of


  each other but George took care of Lennie the most, because he was always


  getting in trouble.   "You do bad things and I got to get you out." (Of Mice


  and Men p.11).   During the Great Depression money was very scarce.   You


  had to travel around to find a job in order to make money to survive.   Lennie


  and George were in that type of predicament.   Keeping enough money until


  the next job was difficult because prices were rising during the Great


  Depression and you had to budget your money.   During this depression most


  people worked on farms because after the stock market crashed people


  realized that the reason the stock market crashed was because farms were not


  producing enough goods.   People started to work on farms more to help


  everyone.   Lennie and George worked for ranches and also in the fields.


  "He's a good skinner.   He can rassel grain bags, drive a cultivator.   He can do


  anything." (Of Mice and Men p.22).  


  If you really look closely, George and Lennie's way of life and the


  Great Depression have a good deal in common.   George and Lennie were


  outcasts in life.   George Milton was small in size and a very smart man


  compared to Lennie.   He was actually only of average intelligence.   Lennie


  Small was a large person and very retarded.   Since...