A Comparison of Of Mice and Men and The Great...

A Comparison of Of Mice and Men and The Great Depression An Eyewitness History The Great Depression is comparable to Lennie and Georges 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†¦show more content†¦George would then have to try to get Lennie out of the current predicament. This sort of ties in with the attitude of the people during the Great Depression because people were constantly unsettled. The people in the Great Depression were losing all of the money that they had worked so hard to earn and save. When the banks closed, they lost everything. When someone found themselves in great difficulty on a farm or ranch they had to seek some other opportun ity. It was very important to not let anyone know what had happened where you were previously employed. In 1929, Herbert Hoover was elected president. Wall Street was greatly affected by the greatest stock market crash in the history of the United States of America. This caused everyone and especially the banks to panic. Everyone was naturally concerned about the safety of their money. They went to the banks to get what money they could. There was not enough money for everyone to withdrawal. This was the beginning of the Great Depression. During this period president Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated. President Roosevelt said, So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. (The Great Depression An Eyewitness History p.105). His first action of presidency was to implement what is known as the New Deal to