What was happening in the time that of mice and men was written?Will Thompson

John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck was born on the 27th of February and died on the 20th of December 1968. He was the author of twenty seven books.

The era when Of Mice And Men was writtenOf Mice And Men was written in America and it was published in 1937. During that time there was a lot of racism spreading across the nation. Many people discriminated against the elderly, women and black people. This is represented in the book as the workers discriminated against Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife.

The Great DepressionThe great depression was a world wide depression. It was in the years leading up to the second world war. It was caused because of the stock market crashed and that was the official beginning of the great depression. As the stock prices fell there was no hope of recovery. Then people started to panic and people started to sell their stock, but no one was buying.