I found a book of Steinbeck stories at a yard sale and it included it. In school the only Steinbeck we read was The Pearl. The book also has The Red Pony which I liked. What did y’all think of Mice and Men? I thought it was a good but sad book and I watched the movie (black and white one) afterwards. I didn’t see the foreshadowing until after the fact.
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The other fun one I remember hearing about was that the Soviets believed the same thing, and had the play presented in Russia. It was intended to be done to show "Look at the decadent Americans, and how poorly they treat their workers that they must be in these conditions! Remember yourselves as the new Soviet Man!"
Meanwhile, the Russian citizens saw it and thought "Holy shit, they own their own truck! Lucky bastards."
See also: Romania allowing the TV show Dallas to be broadcast in the country, with similar attempts at a message and outcome among the citizens.
It's pretty interesting you'd mention that because the moment I read it in your first comment I too thought of the USSR, thinking the Soviets would've loved this.