How would I write a comparitive essay about To Kill A Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men?

In
writing a comparative essay about the two
works, you might like to concentrate on what they say
about the economic and
political situation in 1930s America.

Both books are
set
during the height of the Great Depression, when poverty and mass unemployment stalked
the
land. For itinerant farm laborers like Lennie and George in Of
Mice and
Men, this means that they're forced to travel from place
to place in search of work.
As unemployment is so high, ranch owners have the
whip hand over their employees. They can
pretty much treat their workers as
they please, as they know that there will always be many
others willing to
take their place.

In it's clear that

the rural areas surrounding Maycomb have been especially hard hit by the Depression. We
see this
illustrated in the wretched poverty of the Cunningham family, who
pay in kind for services
renderedsuch as 's legal adviceas they can't afford
to pay in cash.

Another
point of comparison is the issue
of race....