John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Topic: Steinbeck’s Descriptive Writing Style specifically to the Settings
• Thesis statement: The Great Depression left adverse economic conditions in the history of the United States. In view of this experience, Steinbeck took an initiative to express his concerns regarding the matter in his novel “Of Mice and Men.”
Outline
• Introduction o Thesis statement o General information of the setting of the novel
• Body o Description of scene settings o Description of the geographical locations o Description of character development; development of themes o Detailed description of flow of events with regards to impact of The Great Depression
• Conclusion o Brief recap of the correlation of the contents of the novel and The great depression
Steinbeck developed his concerns in form of a novel-play by developing a series of events that reveals fatal tragedy such as death of two characters. These tragedies are directly and indirectly linked to effects of the Great depression.
Gunderson, Cory G. The Great Depression. Edina, Minn: ABDO Pub, 2004. Print. Gunderson explains how the Great Depression caused great suffering in history of United States. He mentions some adverse effects connected to the Great Depression such as loss of farms, business, homes, scarcity of jobs, and death associated with malnutrition and disease. The contents of this article help greatly to develop the analysis of this descriptive writing.
Bessler, John D. Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. Print.
Bessler expresses his concerns regarding extrajudicial lynching and public hangings that dominated the history of America way back in 1840s. Contents of this article also helped to develop the descriptive analysis of this research paper as mentioned by Steinbeck’s
Many people who existed by then faced its wrath that made their lives feel like hell. Following these adverse effects brought by The Great Depression, many authors come out initiatives in expressing their grievances through articles. Steinbeck is one of these authors that took part in expressing their concerns through writing the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’. He wrote this novel in the form of a novel-play writing developed way back in early 1930s. This implies that this novel is structured in such a way that it comprises of stylistic features of a novel and play script integrated in one context. The primary aim as to why Steinbeck developed his context in such away was to develop writing that could be played or to design a play that could be read just like a novel (Parra 50). This novel-play comprises of three acts where each act is incorporated in two chapters. Critics reveal that Steinbeck got inspired to title this novel by the name ‘of Mice and Men’ after admiring a literary piece composed by Robert Burn entitled ‘To a Mouse’. Burn composed this poem as a result of feeling of regrets upon demolishing a mouse habitat when working on his field (Nelson 182). These two literal works have one common feature in the sense that both artists reveal feelings of regret following an already committed tragedy. This aspect can be supported by the fact that Steinbeck developed his literal work out of