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Steinbeckexplainedthatsheis"

notaperson,she'

sasymbol.Shehasnofunction,excepttobeafoil–andadangertoLennie."

（OfMiceandMen）Slim,a"

jerklineskinner,"

themaindriverofamuleteamandthe"

princeoftheranch"

.SlimisgreatlyrespectedbymanyofthecharactersandistheonlycharacterthatCurleytreatswithrespect.Heseemstobetheonlysuccessoramongthoseranchworkers,becauseof

hisinsight,intuition,kindnessandnaturalauthorityandheistheonlycharactertofullyunderstandthebondbetweenGeorgeandLennie.Carlson,a"

thickbodied"

ranch-hand,hekillsCandy'

sdogwithnosympathy.ThosecharactersrepresentallaspectsofthedepressingsocietyandthedifficultiesLenniemustfacewith.TheyalsothepresentationoftheSuperegoinLennie,becausetheybringthemoreorlesspreventstoLennie'

ssuimpledreamevenpushhimtodeathandfinallyjustwatchinghisdeathwithoutanymood.

SuchanegoisinSteinbeckashisreactiontowardsthesocialdepression.Hewasoneofthoseyoungnovelistwhopouredouttheirtorrentsofangerandprotestintheirleft-orientedworks.SteinbeckdidnotsharethenaturalpessionismofDosPassosOrFarrell,butevidentlyasturdyrationalistandjustasindignantanenemyofinjustice.（Seymour100）.

Crooksnamedfromhiscrookedbackwastheblackstable-hand.Proud,bitter,andfunny,heisisolatedfromothersbecauseofhisblackskin.Crooksrepresentedakindoflivingstylefulloftheairofracialdescriminationwhichstillexistedinthedepressedsociety.Hederisivelyclaimedtohadseencountlessmenfollowingemptydreamsofbuyingtheirownland.HesharedthecertainsimiliritywithLennie.HisfateandhishopelessnessgivethehintsthatLennie'

sdreamofraisingrabbitsisdoomtodie.

Asanagingranchworkers,Candylosthishandinanaccidentandworriesabouthisfutureontheranch.HealsoseizesonGeorge’sdescriptionofthefarmwhichowendbyhimself.Beingalmostuseless,hisdreamwillnevercometrue.ItisalsothehintofthefinaltragicdeathofLennie.

JohnSteinbeckwasbornin1902,inSalinas,California.HelivedinSalinasValleyforalmostfortyyears.inordertosupporthimself,heworkedatavarietyofmanualjobs.Hebecameclosetotheharsheraspectsofmigrantlifeandawareofthedarkersideofhumannature.In1925,hewenttoNewYorkintendingforliterarycreation."

TheWallStreetcrashof1929setthetoneforthewritingofthdecade"

（changyaoxin340）Thereweremanyyoungnovelistwhopouredouttheirangerandprotestintheirleft-orientedworks.JohnSyeinbeckwassucha"

Depressionwriter"

（Seymour100）,thatis,"

JohnSteinbeckseemedtobefromtheworldoftheGreatDepression,theworldofthepeopleofpoverty"

（HuYinTong390）.AllmentionedaboveisthepresentationoftheidinSteinbeck,whichisalsowellreflectedinhisOfMiceandmanforwhichSteinbeckdrewhisinspirationfromhisexperiencelivingandworkingasanitinerantfarmhand-duringthe1920s

SteinbecklivedmostoftheyearsoftheGreatDepression.HisangerandprotestagainsttheGreatDepressionleadhimtohispresenthisworkunderthecoveroftheenvironmentoftheGreatDepression.

andtherestofthe

charactersinthebookaredevelopedlargelyintermsoftheirrelationshipstothisenigmaticcentralfigure（of-mice-and-men）

Iftherehadbeenanyhopeinthefrustratig"

roaring"

twenties,therewas,formany,sheerdeapairintheblackofthethirties.

Itwasapparentthatsocialconcernwastopmostinthemindsofmanyauthos,andthatsocialinvolmentwastobethemajorfeatureoftheliteratureofthethirties..（changyaoxin340）.Steinbeckalsofocusedonthoselabourpeopleonthefarm.Theirhopeandhopelessnesswasalsocontrolledbythedepressedsociety.AccordingtoSteinbeck'

sownconfinementoftimeandlifeexperience,inhisOfMiceandMan,thefunctionofthosecharatcerssuroundingLennieweretherepresentativesofthesuperegoinLennie.

Itiscriticalnisconcepttionthatthe1930swasadimdecadeascomparedwiththegliteringtwenties.Thereisavisiblecontinuitybetweenthetwodecades.However,themoodofthethirtieswasdifferent.TheWallStreetcrashof1929setthetoneforthewritingofthdecade.Economicdisaster,andthewretchedworklessexistemceforthemassesofthepeoplebroughthometoalltheunnervingrealizationthatthesystemhadcollapsed..Everythingseemedtobedistintergratingallofasuddenandallatonce,andanordered,rationalexistenceprovedtobeimpossible.Therewaswidespreadpanic.Iftherehadbeenanyhopeinthefrustratig"

twenties,therewas,formany,sheerdeapairintheblackofthethirties.（changyaoxin340）

Itwasapparentthatsocialconcernwastopmostinthemindsofmanyauthos,andthatsocialinvolmentwastobethemajorfeatureoftheliteratureofthethirties..（changyaoxin340）

Therewereyoungnovelistwhopouredouttheirtorrentsofangerandprotestintheirleft-orientedworks.

Depressionwriter.,

SteinbeckdidnotsharethenaturalpessionismofDosPassosOrFarrell,butevidentlyasturdyrationalistandjustasindignantanenemyofinjustice.（Seymour100）

Someofthecharactersarewooden,thesymbolismislucubrated,Lennie'

shallucinationsattheendarewildlyunconvinncng;

butthethemeoftheanimal-child,thegiantwhodoesnotknoehisownstrength,protectedbythelittle,intelligent,physicallyweakman,isnotsentimentaleventhoughitisfundamentallyhomosexual（Lennieisledfrom'

good'

non-sexualfriendshiptomurderbyvileuncomprehendingwomen）-thoughunconsciouslyso.（Seymour101）

Thenovelisdeceptivelysimple-itisshortandstraight-forwardlywritten.ButbeneaththisapproachablesurfaceSteinbeckexploresmysteriousandhauntingthemes,largelypivotingonthesearchforcomfort,decencyandcompanionshipinalonely,cruelworld.（AboutOfMiceandMen

）Steinbeckdrewhisinspirationfortheworkfromhisexperiencelivingandworkingasa"

bindlestiff"

-oritinerantfarmhand-duringthe1920s.Ina1937interviewinTheNewYorkTimes,SteinbecksaidthatthecharacterofLenniewasbasedonamentallyimpairedmanhemetinhistravelswhowaspronetoepisodesofuncontrollablerage.ThecentralquestionofwhereorhowsuchamanmightfitintosocietydrivestheactionofOfMiceandMen,andtherestofthecharactersinthebookaredevelopedlargelyintermsoftheirrelationshipstothisenigmaticcentralfigure

Hisfather,JohnErnstSteinbeckSr.,servedasMontereyCountytreasurer.John'

smother,OliveHamilton,aformerschoolteacher,sharedSteinbeck'

spassionofreadingandwriting.[4]Steinbecklivedinasmallruraltownthatwasessentiallyafrontiersettlement,setamidsomeoftheworld'

smostfertileland.[5]HespenthissummersworkingonnearbyranchesandlaterwithmigrantworkersonSpreckelsranch.Hebecameawareoftheharsheraspectsofmigrantlifeandthedarkersideofhumannature,whichmaterialexpressedinsuchworksasOfMiceandMen.[5]Healsoexploredhissurroundings,walkingacrosslocalforests,fields,andfarms.[5]

Steinbeckbegantowriteaseriesof"

Californianovels"

andDustBowlfiction,setamongcommonpeopleduringtheGreatDepression.In1943,SteinbeckservedasaWorldWarIIwarcorrespondent.SteinbeckaccompaniedthecommandoraidsofDouglasFairbanks,Jr.'

sBeachJumpersprogram,whichlaunchedsmall-unitdiversionoperationsagainstGerman-heldislandsintheMediterranean

In1947,SteinbeckmadethefirstofmanytripstotheSovietUnion,thisonewithrenownedphotographerRobertCapa.TheyvisitedMoscow,Kiev,Tbilisi,BatumiandStalingrad,becomingsomeofthefirstWesternerstovisitmanypartsoftheUSSRsincethecommunistrevolution.Steinbeck'

sbookabouttheirexperiences

"

Iwasabindlestiffmyselfforquiteaspell.Iworkedinthesamecountrythatthestoryislaidin.Thecharactersarecompositestoacertainextent.Lenniewasarealperson.He'

sinaninsaneasyluminCaliforniarightnow.Iworkedalongsidehimformanyweeks.Hedidn'

tkillagirl.Hekilledaranchforeman.Gotsorebecausethebosshadfiredhispalandstuckapitchforkrightthroughhisstomach.IhatetotellyouhowmanytimesIsawhimdoit.Wecouldn'

tstophimuntilitwastoolate.

—JohnSteinbeck,interviewbyTheNewYorkTimes,1937"

（OfMiceandMen）

LennieSmall:

Amentallydisabled,butphysicallystrongmanwhotravelswithGeorgeandishisconstantcompanion.[2]Hedreamsof"

livingoffthefatta'

thelan'

andbeingabletotendtorabbits.Hisloveforsoftthingsconspiresagainsthimandeventuallybecomeshisundoing."

Crooks:

Crooks,theblackstable-hand,getshisnamefromhiscrookedback.Proud,bitter,andcausticallyfunny,heisisolatedfromtheothermenbecauseofthecolorofhisskin.Despitehimself,CrooksbecomesfondofLennie,andthoughhederisivelyclaimstohaveseencountlessmenfollowingemptydreamsofbuyingtheirownland,heasksLennieifhecangowiththemandhoeinthegarden.

Candy:

Anagingranchhandyman,Candylosthishandinanaccidentandworriesabouthisfutureontheranch.Fearingthathisageismakinghimuseless,heseizesonGeorge’sdescriptiono