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." ...

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• 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. ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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• 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
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• Grade Level: High School