Chasing the American Dream in the 1930s: A Study of Migrations

The American Dream is what everyone so desperately desired for in the 1930’s. Many come to America for the American Dream, to be successful, have freedom, and support their families by the better opportunities given. In Of Mice and Men the movie the setting sets in the 1930’s where Lennie and George become farm workers for Curley’s dad. Working in these conditions in the 1930’s must of been difficult as shown in the movie when Lennie and George face problems in their journey together. What’s your American Dream?

In Rural Migration News it states,”During the 1930s, some 1.3 million Americans from the Midwest and southwest migrated to California, which had a population of 5.7 million in 1930s.”(First paragraph). Therefore this quote relates to the movie Of Mice and Men because Lennie violated a women making them have to run away and find another job. George and Lennie went to seek a job in farm to support themselves just like migrants going to California for the same thing. After the Great Depression many started to look for jobs that would pay the bills and working in farms was the only option that needed many hands. This quote from the article with the movie both suit each other because both show how people have problems and have to go find a job that can

This compares to the movie Of Mice and Men because it shows that the actual author for this book really placed himself in this time. This reveals that to actually write a well written piece it’s better to place yourself to completely understand what is going on. Due to the fact that migration to farm labor in California was so big California became over populated, Lennie and George have luck finding a job that can get them by almost reaching them to their enormous dream at the