By analyzing Steinbeck's writing style and influences on it, forces and themes present in his writing, and the portrayal of characters in his stories, one can understand how and in what ways John Steinbeck represents his characters as common people who are driven by forces which they cannot comprehend. ... With this, Steinbeck chose novel writing as a career, despite his family's insistence for a more prosaic career (Millichap 3153). ... During this decadent period, many of Steinbeck's writings of! ... In the short story "Flight", the environment is what ultimately destr...

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Grapes of Wrath Book Report When first released in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, written by novelist John Steinbeck, created quite a stir among Americans still coping with the depression. ... Next, they learn from Muley Graves, a neighbor, that Tom's family was evicted, so both Tom and Casy travel onwards to family relative, Uncle John's home, in hopes of catching up with Tom's family before their big move to California. ... Highway 66 is the main road to California and is filled with migrants, or in other words, "a path of people in flight (128)." ... Meanwhile, the Wilsons an...

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