un Depression Hopes and dreams of the lower class
The Depression was a difficult time for America, but people clung to little things, anything they could, these were the hopes and dreams of the people. During the Depression, the majority of the country was the lower, working class. ... Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck, took place during the depression, and almost all of the characters were among the lower working class. Many of these characters in Of Mice and Men had their own hopes and dreams, including George, Lennie, Candy, and Curly’s wife. George and Lennie’s dream was probably the most common dream during the time of the depression, to own land and a farm of their own. ... Someday – we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and –“ (George) George used these dreams to help him take care of Lennie. ... ” Curly’s wife seems very unimportant throughout much of the story, Steinbeck doesn’t even give her a name, but near the end, she reveals her own hopes and dreams.