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“Travels with Charley: In Search of America” Steinbeck and Racism
John Steinbeck
Racism
Travel
In his travelogue, Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962), John Steinbeck recounts his trip across the United States with his French standard poodle Charley in a custom-made camper. The American writer’s determination to travel across the entire breadth of the American continent was an obvious indication of his search for America, a usual…
“Great Depression” by John Steinbeck.
John Steinbeck
The Great Depression
I’ve tied into the thing from the first and just get down there and see it and see if I can’t do something to help knock these murderers on the heads I’m pretty mad about It” -John Steinbeck (Johnson) The Great Depression was one of the most disastrous periods in American History. It was caused…
Steinbeck: Annotated Bibliography
John Steinbeck
“Steinbeck Center. ” Steinbeck Center. N. p. , n. d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. This website is a resource for “readers, students, teachers, and scholars of John Steinbeck. ” If someone were to be interested in the life of John Steinbeck, this website for The Center for Steinbeck Studies is a great place to start….
Cannery Row By John Steinbeck- Short Summary
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s book, Cannery Row, vividly portrays the unconventional community of Monterey, California in the 1920s. This street, known as Cannery Row, thrives on the sardine canning industry and serves as a haven for society’s rejects. Steinbeck himself characterizes Cannery Row as “a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone,…
John Steinbeck’s “The pearl” Irony in the novel
John Steinbeck
Novel
John Steinbeck The Pearl is a tale of a poor Indian family who stumbles upon the greatest pearl in the world. Headed by a man named Kink and his supporting wife Juan, they both are determined to live a wealthy life no matter what the cost. Although the story is fictional, it is based on…
A Comparison of the Final Chapter of “Mice & Men” and the Final Scene
John Steinbeck
Wind
This essay I am writing will compare how Steinbeck, the author of the novel and Siniise, the director of the film both achieve similar effects on their portrayal of characters, creation of atmosphere and use of dialogue. There are also significant differences in the ways each person creates the atmosphere such as Siniise not including…
How does Steinbeck present Slim from the extract Comparison
John Steinbeck
Slim, on his first appearance, is described as moving with a “majesty only achieved by royalty or master craftsmen”. With this descriptive phrase, Steinbeck immediately establishes Slim as someone who is confident in himself that is admired by others. To move like majesty, it requires one to move with graceful fluency without seeming effort. This…
Analysis of ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men
But Mousie, thou art not alone,in proving foresight may be vain:The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men,Gang aft agley,And leave us nought but grief and pain,For promised joy! To a Mouse,” Robert Burns Analysis of Of Mice and Men” by: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men draws its thematic inspiration from the simplistic yet touching…
The Impossibility of the American Dream Through Steinbeck
American Dream
John Steinbeck
Today we will talk about the novel John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men and the same author’s The Grapes of Wrath. In the first, two men with the names Leonie and George roam California in the sass’s, hunting for ranches to work on. However, Leonie is mentally ill and always provokes trouble, driving the two companions…
Steinbeck s American Dream
American Dream
John Steinbeck
Steinbeck realistically portrays the struggles and challenges that often overdo elm his characters. Their striving for the American Dream, more often than not, ends in an annex acted outcome. Steinbeck take on the legitimacy of the Dream can be seen in one of his MO renowned novels, Of Mice and Men. The two main characters…
| born | February 27, 1902, Salinas, CA |
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| died | December 20, 1968, New York, NY |
| description | John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters." |
| education | Stanford University (1919–1925), Salinas High School (1919) |
| quotations | “I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.” “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” “All great and precious things are lonely.” “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”,I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Power does not corrupt. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ. |
| information | Short biography of John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. His father, John Ernst Steinbeck, was the county treasurer and his mother, Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, was a former schoolteacher. Steinbeck’s paternal grandfather, Samuel L. Steinbeck, was born in Baden, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1867. Steinbeck’s paternal grandmother, Johanna Dorthea Steinbeck, was born in Kallstadt, Germany, and also emigrated to the United States in 1867.Steinbeck grew up in a rural area of California’s Salinas Valley, a region that would form the basis for much of his fiction. He was educated at Salinas High School and Stanford University, but he never finished his degree. He worked as a manual laborer and as a journalist for various California newspapers before moving to New York City in 1925, where he unsuccessfully attempted to launch a career as a freelance writer.In 1929, Steinbeck married Carol Henning and the couple moved back to California. They had two children, Thomas and John Steinbeck IV. The couple divorced in 1943. Steinbeck married his second wife, Gwyndolyn Conger, in 1943. The couple had two children, Thomas Steinbeck and Anne Steinbeck. Gwyndolyn and Steinbeck divorced in 1949. Steinbeck married his third wife, Elaine Scott, in 1950.Steinbeck’s first novel, Cup of Gold (1929), was a failure. His next novel, The Pastures of Heaven (1932), was also not successful. However, Steinbeck found success with his novel Tortilla Flat (1935), which won the California Commonwealth Club’s Gold Medal.Cannery Row (1945), The Pearl (1947), and East of Eden (1952) are among Steinbeck’s best-known novels. The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Steinbeck’s most famous novel, tells the story of the Joad family, Oklahomans who are forced to migrate to California during the Great Depression in search of work. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize and was made into a successful film in 1940.Of Mice and Men (1937) is one of Steinbeck’s best-known novels. The novel tells the story of two migrant workers, George and Lennie, who travel together and dream of owning their own farm. The novel was adapted into a successful film in 1939 and has been revived several times for the stage and screen.The Pearl (1947) is a novella about a poor pearl diver who finds an enormous pearl and then must deal with the greed and violence that the pearl brings upon him and his family. The novella was adapted into a successful film in 1948.East of Eden (1952) is a novel set in the Salinas Valley that tells the story of two families. General Essay Structure for this Topic
Important informationNationality: American Spouse: Elaine Anderson Steinbeck (m. 1950–1968), Gwyndolyn Conger (m. 1943–1948) |
