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A family after being driven out of farm in Oklahoma is forced to move to the promise land of California. While doing so, the issues with America diving into haves and have nots (Great Depression Era) causes this journey to be harder than expected, so. “Gonna get me a whole big bunch a grapes off a bush, or whatever, an' I'm gonna squash 'em on my face an' let 'em run offen my chin.”

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Have you ever had a goal in life and every time you got close to accomplishing it there was an obstacle in the way? Well, In the Mice of Men by John Steinbeck, this is shown constantly. During the era of the Great Depression, two men, Lennie and George, set on to own an acre of land and a shack. To do so, they end up getting a job on a ranch,  and it looks as if their dream in getting closer and closer to them day by day. However, Lennie constantly gets him and George in trouble, which always causes George to find a way out for the two. An example of this is when George says 'No,' said George. 'No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know." to Lennie, due to the fact that Lennie is always putting the two in trouble and getting side tracked on their goal to own a ranch together.

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TeachingBooks | East of Eden  Gladwin, Mary, and John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Pearson Education Ltd., 2008. 

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After leaving Cal and Aron, their father, Adam is raising the two on his own. However, in the process of them growing to their manhood one of the twins thrives and grows with love all around him, but the other is surrounded by loneliness, surrounded by gloom.

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In “East of Eden” John Steinbeck creates his story based on the events of Cain and Abel taken place in the bible, he uses this story to portray how Adam’s American dream is to become wealthy, rich, and his two sons to be happy. However, the obstacles on the way of growing up the two boys causes a rift in this American Dream.

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Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and... read more

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Imagine finding something that could change your whole life, condition, and family. However, greed starts to set in alongside suspicion of neighbors. John Stienbeck uses these two things to portray and show how the American dream is unobtainable.  After finding a pearl from diving, Kino’s dream of having a better life and impoverished family is finally in front of him. “In the surface of the great pearl he could see dreams form. He picked the pearl from the dying flesh and held it in his palm, and he turned it over and saw that its curve was perfect.”

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https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=5306  Steinbeck, John. The Pearl. Aschehoug, 1994. 

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After finding a pearl from diving, Kino’s dream of having a better life and impoverished family is finally in front of him. However, greed blinds him and the suspension of having a pearl raises the attention of his neighbors.

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John Steinbeck uses “The pearl” to portray how the American Dream is impossible to achieve because of the acts of one of the main issues in human's nature, greed.

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Source 3 Link: https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=1169                          Steinbeck, John, and Susan Shillinglaw. Cannery Row. Noordhoff, 2013. 

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Doc, Dora, and Mack with his boys, Lee Chong, are in a world where the fittest can only survive. While trying to achieve their goals, doing so.

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This intertwines and supports my thesis statement because it further expresses how Steinbeck views the American dream, which is being unobtainable, by setting these people in a world where they must fight to survive and try to obtain their goals with obstacles.

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https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=2814  Stienbeck, John. The Grapes Of Wraith. April 14, 1939. 

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A family after being driven out of farm in Oklahoma is forced to move to the promise land of California. While doing so, the issues with America diving into haves and have nots (Great Depression Era) causes this journey to be harder than expected, so.

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John Steinbeck uses the story “The Grapes of Wraith” to captivate how the Great Depression caused Americans to lose their belief in the American Dream

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TeachingBooks | Of Mice and Men  MLA FORMAT: Steinbeck, John, and John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. Penguin, 1986.

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During the era of the Great Depression, two men, Lennie and George, set on to own an acre of land and a shack. To do so, they end up getting a job on a ranch,  and it looks as if their dream in getting closer and closer to them day by day. However, Lennie constantly gets him and George in trouble, which always causes George to find a way out for the two.

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In “Of Mice and Men” the main theme is reaching your dream (American Dream). However, throughout this book as it progresses the one of the main characters, George realizes that this is not possible because of the trouble his friend Lennie brings. John Steinbeck tries to emphasize this, especially during this era, which was the Great Depression as well.

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A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression... read more

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Throughout the decades, the American Dream has been viewed in different ways, some believe it exists to some believing otherwise. Furthermore, Steinbeck uses his wording to persuade the readers in his books that the American dream is indeed not real.