Steinbeck's father, John Ernst, Sr., was the treasurer of Monterey County for many years and was also a miller. ... The Red Pony is made of four interconnected stories "The Gift", "The Great Mountains", "The Promise", and "The Leader of the People". ... The town was full of all kinds of different people. There were homeless, poor, prostitutes, and also just average people. ... John Steinbeck's books have been able to withstand the test of time. ...

• Word Count: 1379
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Steinbeck's father, John Ernst, Sr., was the treasurer of Monterey County for many years and was also a miller. ... The Red Pony is made of four interconnected stories "The Gift", "The Great Mountains", "The Promise", and "The Leader of the People". ... The town was full of all kinds of different people. There were homeless, poor, prostitutes, and also just average people. ... John Steinbeck's books have been able to withstand the test of time. ...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived. ... John Steinbeck wrote this novel to portray the harsh conditions during the Dust Bowl. ... A jolly man who was the leader of the camp in which the Joad family lived in is portrayed as almost angel-like. ... The dialog between Tom and the camp-leader, suggested that more camps like this should have been built. ... Instead of letting the "law" handle it, one should have created more projects for the people to work on. ...

• Word Count: 490
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

(Steinbeck, 31) However, his views changed when he came to the conclusion that "maybe [that's] just the way folks is [and] there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue there's just stuff people do." (Steinbeck, 31 - 32) He spent nights runningg these thoughts through his head until he came to this final conclusion when he realized, "Maybe we been whippin" the hell out of ourselves for nothin"" (Steinbeck, 31), that people simply like to hurt themselves. 4.How do the tractors operate? ... They "puttered while they stood idle; they thundered when they moved, and then set...

• Word Count: 5172
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

Mack and The Boys In the offbeat novel Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, Mack and the Boys are significant characters that represent a great deal more than one would think. ... Mack, the "leader" is the smartest of them all, and is able to use his charm to get what he and the boys want. ... Mack and the Boys, though sometimes a bit misunderstood, are genuinely good people who truly do understand life's real meaning, making them the "true philosophers." ...

• Word Count: 520
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The story of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath starts out with Tom Joad coming home from a 4-year jail sentence for murder. ... Tom finds his family at his Uncle John's farm. ... She endures sadness and hardship and drives the family onward when Pa Joad loses his ability to be a confident leader of his family. ... Economic hardship affects people in different ways. ... There were many examples in the book that show people who are selfish and spiteful or people who want to take advantage of another man's hardship. ...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

THE GRAPES OF WRATH The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived under. ... There are several reasons why so many people may be losing jobs, and that is because of the technological progress that lets machines replace people. ... Yes this is a problem that industry and political leaders have recognized but they have yet come to an answer to make this problem disappear. ... Steinbeck uses many symbols throughout his book to make points, f...

• Word Count: 1597
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

THE GRAPES OF WRATH The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived under. ... There are several reasons why so many people may be losing jobs, and that is because of the technological progress that lets machines replace people. ... Yes this is a problem that industry and political leaders have recognized but they have yet come to an answer to make this problem disappear. ... Steinbeck uses many symbols throughout his book to make points, f...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Of Mice and Men By: John Steinbecks George and Lennie are an unlikely pair of friends who are introduced in the beginning. ... George and Lennie are different from the rest of the people in the same occupation because as Lennie said to George, "because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why." ... Slim is another man who is the sort of leader of the men, all of the guys look up to him and don't give him any problems. ... Crooks is just a lonely black man that wants to have people around him. ... Curly's wife is the ranc...

• Word Count: 972
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

John Steinbeck is one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century. ... However, each of these people has a deceptively simple, but important story to tell, a story filled with love and pain. The stories tell us not only of the lives of the poor who seek to live off the land, but of the struggles of all people. ... Steinbeck's The Pearl is a study of man's self destruction through greed. ... In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, two ranch hands, George and Lennie, find work in Salinas Valley. ...

• Word Count: 4593
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes place during the Great Depression, and begins besides the Salinas River near Soledad, California. ... George is portrayed as the leader of the two, while Lennie is the follower. Steinbeck states that George and Lennie are opposites. ... Steinbeck's use of figurative language shows the reader the similarities between Lennie and Candy's dog. ... When a loved one dies, many people become more occupied with their death rather than focussing on life. ...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Like any other strike, Mac would continue to another group of agitated workers who needed a leader to rebel. ... "When this one's done, we"ll be in another one." " (Steinbeck 265). ... The Communist Party accepts people of all race and desires to appoint skilled servicemen to continue their idealism. ... Throughout John Steinbeck's novel In Dubious Battle there was a power struggle between the mighty owners and the weaker workers. ...

• Word Count: 988
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In John Steinbeck's The Winter of Our Discontent, Ethan Allen Hawley, the main character, endures endless amounts of stress and tension in his life. ... The town and its people had high expectations of Ethan's name and heritage. ... New Baytown was awaiting the arrival of progress with the new government leaders coming into office. With these new leaders, changes were to be made, and capital was to be gained. ... Ethan began to realize that when he was law-abiding and trustworthy, he was used by many people to gain their success. ...

• Word Count: 602
• Approx Pages: 2

The novel The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, is a story that takes place in the 1930's, the time of the depression and the dust bowl. ... He tells Tom that he has been listening very closely to the people lately. He decides to try and show the people that they are being taken advantage of and leads a strike. ... Before the trip begins, Pa was the leader of the family. ... Also, by the end of the book he is forced to go because of his temper and he tells Ma that he is going to be like Casey and help people. ...

• Word Count: 554
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Of Mice and Men is a novel of hopes and dreams that get broken or shattered. John Steinbeck presents the novel in a theme of broken dreams and a since of hopelessness. This is evident from start to finish in the novel. The theme is kept strong by having all the characters wanting to have hope for so...

• Word Count: 3115
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a novel that is abundant with accurate depictions and allusions to various events in history. It is a fictional story that accurately describes the conditions that many people experienced during the Dust Bowl Migration and the Great Depression. ... John Steinbeck's novel tells the specific story of the Joad family in order to illustrate the hardship and oppression suffered by migrant laborers during the Great Depression. ... The leader of the strike is a preacher named Jim Casy who Tom knows. ... People flocked to cities and working conditions were...

• Word Count: 1425
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

John Steinbeck expressed his dislike of the farm subsidy system of the United States in his book, The Grapes of Wrath. ... As a result, Steinbeck argued, many people starved unnecessarily. Steinbeck examined farm subsidies from a personal level, showing how they hurt the common man. ... In 1916, the number of people living on farms was at its maximum at 32,530,000. ...

• Word Count: 2275
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

In the book The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck writes about a family's trip from Oklahoma to California in search of meaningful work. ... Jesus Christ is the only person in the history of the world who has been a leader of all people not only for one group, that's why it is hard to see somebody being compared to Jesus Christ. ... The pair eventually arrive at John Joad's house who is Tom's brother. ... Tom is the one person that Casy's philosophies directly impact and change him from a "one-foot in front of the other guy" to a leader of people. ... They"re...

• Word Count: 1851
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Many people were left with out jobs or homes to reside in. ... (Steinbeck) Then there are the others who took matters in their own hands. ... Al Capone was the single greatest leader of illegal scams, which defied the United States government during the 1920's prohibition era. ... Capone later went on to work for Frankie Yale's old mentor, John Torrio. ... Most common people used Capone's speakeasies, but were afraid of his short temper. ...

• Word Count: 1108
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Since, Marx maintains, "an intricate web of social relationship emerges when a group of people engage in the production of goods." ... What people do, what people think, or what people believe depend on the economical condition of the society. Being not affected, the base, inversely, has influence on people's livelihood. ... "OF MICE AND MEN" is John Steinbeck's famous novel of two men struggling through wreckage of the Great Depression. ... America, a world leader, was suffering right along with everywhere else. ...

• Word Count: 925
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In John Steinbeck's novels" Cannery Row and The Pearl Nature controls the flow of the novels. ... The sardines and oysters provide the men and women with jobs and money, but also cause people to become extremely greedy and hostile towards one another. ... Chief Seattle was a respected Suquamish tribal leader who promoted peace between White Settlers, Native Americans and nature. ...

• Word Count: 1112
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Two of the most enduring leading men are William Golding's Ralph from Lord of the Flies and George from John Stienbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. ... Intimacy, gives George the ability to relate to other people on a personal level. ... Both characters exhibit leader personas, as both think ahead, spot potential danger and do not seek out trouble. ... George and Lennie are traveling in California to find work; Steinbeck reserves some of his most passionate and poetic language when describing the connection to land. ... Ralph found power through his skills as a true leader to surviv...

• Word Count: 3319
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The more and more famous his plays became, the more demanded they were by people of higher class. ... At fifty-two he died as being on of the most popular and most important people of the English Renaissance theatre. ... This plan is construed with many other people at a secret meeting in Brutus's orchard. ... CASCA "Why, there was a crown offered him: and being offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand, thus; and then the people fell a-shouting." ...

• Word Count: 2834
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School