Narratives

Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck was inspired to write the novella Of Mice and Men based on his observations of the difficult lives of migrant farmers who were forced to move from farm to farm, experiencing solitude and poverty.

Themes: (Main ideas and purpose)
 * Social Hierarchy
 * The Failure of the American Dream
 * The Hardness of Life
 * Being Other
 * Importance of Male Friendships
 * Life in the Great Depression
 * Freedom vs. Captivity

Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan
Themes (Main Ideas and Purpose)
 * Loss of Hope
 * The Hardness of Life
 * Difficulties of Farm Life (Environment)
 * Life in the Great Depression
 * Social Hierarchy
 * Triumph Over Adversity

Sold Patricia McCormick

 * Freedom vs. Captivity
 * The Hardness of Life
 * Social Hierarchy, Females in Patriarchal Society
 * Being Other, Displacement, Slavery
 * Triumph Over Adversity

The Hate U Give Angie Thomas

 * Race and Identity
 * The Cyclical Nature of Racialized Poverty and Crime
 * Social Hierarchy
 * The Hardness of Life
 * Race and Identity; Dueling Identities; Being OtherThe hate.jpg