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Inevitability of American dream due to discrimination (age, disabilities, class, race, gender) play a role - creates a lack of opportunity.
Burns poem ‘ to a mouse’ influenced sense that plans and schemes go awry, represents harsh reality of being the vulnerable. (suggests failure of the American Dream'
Wallstreet crash in 1929 meant the thriving American economy collapsed - causing The Great Depression throughout the 1930s - leading to a lack of hope, low employment rates and low interest. optimistic era ended and American society grew pessimistic.
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Hollywood was on the rise between 1920s and 1930s - film stars were well-known and many ordinary people aspired to become famous and live glamorous lifestyles (like Curley's wife)
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Idea of the American Dream was different for everyone farm - George and Lennie and Hollywood - Curley's wife
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