Power (Context)

Question 1

How was life during the Great Depression linked to power?

Answer 1

• Life during the Great Depression was seen as a battle to survive which is perhaps why Steinbeck presented some characters weaker than others such as Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife.
• Steinbeck presents these characters with a particularly vulnerable position within the social hierarchy, reflecting the wider social reality in 1930s America
• ; Steinbeck explores the idea of power and authority alongside the complexities that follow with it.