[??? ??!/??? ??? ??]??? ??① ?????? ?? ???

?1? ????? ?? ?????(draw to a close) ??? ?? ??? ????(food production in Europe expanded) ??? ??? ??? ?????(prices of American food dropped) ??? ???? ??? ????. ??? ?? ? ?? ???(homeless), ???(jobless)? ???. ??? ?, ???, ??? ?? ?? ???????(wandered) ?? ????(frontier land)? ??? ??(American West), ??? ?????? ?????.

‘??? ??(Of Mice and Men)’?? ?? ???? ??? ? ????(John Steinbeck)? ???? 1920?? ?? ???(farmhand)? ??? ??? ?? ??? ?? ???(migrant workers)? ?? ? ?????. ???? ?? ???? ?? ??(returning soldiers), ?? ?? ???(immigrants from Europe), ??? ??? ???????. ???? ? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ???? ?? ?????(were looking for work). ?????? ?? ??? ??? ????(a place in America to call their own)? ??? ?? ????.

? ?? ??(novella)? ? ?? ??? ??(George)? ??(Lennie)? ???? ?????. ??? ???? ??? ???? ???? ???(live peaceably)? ???? ?? ??? ??? ????? ???? ?????. ??? ?? ??(mental disability)? ?? ???? ?? ????(child-like mind)? ?? ???, ???? ?????(dedicated to George).

??? ????? ??? ??? ‘??? ??? ?? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? ? ??? ? ???(Someday… we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres…)’?? ?? ???. ??? ?? ????(pursue) ???? ?? ?? ??(long working hours), ??? ?? ??(deplorable working conditions), ??? ?? ???? ?? ?? ???? ?????.

????? ??? ??? ?? ???(Great Depression) ??? ???? ?? ???? ??? ????? ????. ??? ??? ?? 1920?? ??? ?? ?? ???? ??? ???????. ??? ??? ?? ?? ?? ???(everyone was caught in the same trap)? ???? ??? ????? ??? ???(unending cycle of hardship)? ??? ???(indifference) ??? ???? ?? ?? ??? ??? ??(like helpless mice) ???????. ???? ??(ultimate sacrifice) ??? ??? ?? ?? ? ?? ??? ?? ????.