Of_Mice_and_Men_Group_2

=//Of Mice and Men// Group 2= Author John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. He is of Irish and German Decent. Johns father, also named john, worked as a county treasurer and his mom, Olive Steinbeck, worked as a teacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919. After highschool, Steinbeck attended Stanford university. He left Stanford in 1925 to pursue his writing career in New York City.

Time Period Backround Information Of Mice and Men took place in the 1930's. The setting was farmland in the salinas valley. The 1930's was a hard time for Americans farmers especially. Agencies were set up to dispurse farmers where they were needed and to help people find employment. George and Lennie, after being run out of weed because of lennie touching a girls dress, got work cards from one of these agencies called murray and readys.



Plot George Milton a short and smart man and Lennie Smalls a big and doofy guy are both fieldworkers who travel together during the great depression. They escaped from weed, CA after an incident with lennie and a girl. They went to a ranch in Salinas. They have a dream to eventually own a ranch and have animals that lennie can care for. When they get to the ranch in Salinas, they meet many workers including Slim, Carlson, and Crooks, Curley, and Curley's wife. At the ranch George and Lennie do a great job. One day while talking about their dream, Candy overhears and offers to give them money so they can buy the land by the end of the month and make there dream come true.