OFAM context

Cards (6)

  • Context of John Steinbeck?
    • American author, born 1902.
    • Born into a wealthy family, though worked teenage summers as ranch hand in Spreckels Sugar Ranch.
    • Loved nature in Santa Lucia range and the Gabilan Mountains.
    • Inspired by Lost Paradise, Biblical stories, Arthurian legends.
  • Racism context?
    • Post 1876, Jim Crow Laws still in effect.
    • Lynching of black people for small crimes.
    • Segregation in public services.
  • Context of women?
    • During WW1, women filled up male jobs.
    • Post-Great Depression, women's jobs were first to go due to male insecurity + patriachy.
    • Women with little job opportunity, forced to be housewives for financial security.
  • What was the American dream?
    • Freedoms, prosperities, social mobility and success could be achieved by hardwork.
    • Stemmed from America being unclaimed land pre 1900s.
  • What was the Great Depression?
    • Wall Street Crash in 1929, caused many banks to go bankrupt due to stock value decrease.
    • Due to bankruptcy, America suffered unemployment, homelessness, ect...
  • What was Golden California?
    • Severe dust storms and over-farming had dried up farmland.
    • This damaged the agriculture industry throughout in 1930s America.
    • Only California remained unaffected, workers would migrate there alone to get little pay.