The Depiction of Self-reliance and Communal Interdependence in John Steinbeck´s Work

Abstract

This bachelor's thesis focuses on the depiction of friendship, community, self-reliance, and loneliness in the works of American writer John Steinbeck, specifically in the novella Of Mice and Men and the novel Cannery Row. Furthermore, the thesis provides a cultural-historical context of the 1930s. It deals with the lives of migrant farmworkers during the Great Depression in California.