Part one of term paper
The Great Depression was a time of hardship for everybody especially ranch workers. It prevented people from living the life they desired. Many people lived in poverty bartering between jobs. Eventually people, like Lennie and George, began searching for jobs in California, in fact “[t]housands flocked to California”(Fremon 75). Peopl ...

Part two of term paper
... up for their farm. This among other things made it impossible for them to reach their objective. When one was lucky enough to find a job, they did everything in their power to keep it because there was not a surplus of open job opportunities. In fact, during the peak of the Great Depression, more than one fourth of the United States population was unemployed. “Few could spare a dime to help American farmers…”(Nardo13). Lennie had trouble keeping out of mischief and so him and George were al ...