The Life Of Migrant Workers In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In this passage, Steinbeck, the author of Mice and Men, illustrates the conflict that life for a migrant worker is arduous. Migrant working has people surviving paycheck by paycheck in places that may not be hospitable or comfortable. After being fired from their jobs in Weed, George and Lennie have reached their newest “home” where Lennie doesn 't get a good first impression. Lennie states “This ain 't no good place. I wanna get outa here” (Steinbeck 33). George is frustrated because he too realizes that this place isn 't good and is ready too have a place of his own, however, he is financially unable to. Therefore, George tells Lennie that “We gotta keep it till we get a stake” (33). Although nothing about this place is friendly or

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