RESEARCH

SETTING

• On a small ranch in the Salinas valley
• Central California
• During the 1930's

GEOGRAPHY AND WEATHER

• Between two mountain ranges

LENNIE SMALLS

• Keeps a mouse in his pocket
• Is mentally retarded
• He is of large stature

GEORGE

• Small compared to lennie

JOHN STEINBECK

• Born February 27, 1902
• Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
• Went to Stanford university
• Also wrote "Grapes of Wrath"

GREAT DEPRESSION

• Hard times
• Boom and bust
• Pipe city
• Deportees