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Describe how major literary figures reacted to the Depression, and discuss how their works reflected the problems of society.

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This solution briefly examines how major literary figures reacted to the Depression, and highlights specific works (e.g. Of Mice and Men) reflected the problems of American society at the time.

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One of the most famous novel written about the Great Depression subject is The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded both the Nobel Prize for literature and ...

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