Of Mice and Men — When Precarious Work Makes Belonging Impossible
What happens when friendship becomes the only shelter available to people denied a stable place in the world?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, together with Susan Shillinglaw’s introduction, this episode investigates the economic and social structures surrounding George and Lennie’s friendship, their dream of land ownership, and the loneliness experienced by workers living without lasting security.
Rather than treating the novella only as a personal tragedy, the analysis examines an itinerant labor system…
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