Of Mice and Men: analysis and reading in Pre and Post-Cold War.
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John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, American Dream, Cold War.Abstract
The article aims to discuss the literary work Of Mice and Men (1937) by the American writer John Steinbeck and his cinematographic adaptation with the same name, directed by Gary Sinise (1992), observing the differences, similarities and possible purposes, considering the historical character in two moments: pre and post-Cold War. Under these circumstances, the analysis seeks to interpret the works from their historical contexts: the United States of America dealing with the economic crisis of 1929, with the program of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the New Deal; And postfall of the Berlin Wall, an event that marks the end of bipolarity and neoliberal measures become a worldwide trend. In addition, it will also address the relationship with the American Dream, which gained other concepts in the second half of the 1930s, because of the crisis exit agenda that the government imposed (KARNAL, 2007: 213). We have detected that one of the central themes, the book asks if people are in equal situations to enjoy the American Dream. Both the book and the film give similar interpretations in the two historical moments, which is about the "unfulfilled dream of hopelessness projected into the future and of bitterness for its past" (BOTELHO, DULDOLSKI, 2016).Downloads
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