Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas California. ... He was always the first person to read Steinbeck's manuscripts and his opinion was held in Steinbeck's highest esteem. ... (McCarthy, 48) Steinbeck's next big California book was Of Mice and Men. ... Of Mice and Men is widely known as " one of Steinbeck's warmest books," (Leone, 52) and also known as one of his greatest. ... In this book a group of homeless men, who lived in a building owned by the Chinese general store owner in town, wanted to throw a party for doc, a character based on Ricketts, bec...

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

Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas California. ... He was always the first person to read Steinbeck's manuscripts and his opinion was held in Steinbeck's highest esteem. ... (McCarthy, 48) Steinbeck's next big California book was Of Mice and Men. ... Of Mice and Men is widely known as " one of Steinbeck's warmest books," (Leone, 52) and also known as one of his greatest. ... In this book a group of homeless men, who lived in a building owned by the Chinese general store owner in town, wanted to throw a party for doc, a character based on Ricketts, bec...

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

Which was planed by the author john Steinbeck to make you think about what was going to happen next. ... With the suspense steinbeck figured out a ways to keep us on the edge of our seats. ... But after they come to work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley their hopes, like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry. ... The two men share a vision of farm that they will own together, a vision that Lennie believes in implicitly. ...

• Word Count: 333
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• Grade Level: High School

John Steinbeck is an author that most people are familiar with. ... He was raised by his father, John Erst Steinbeck, who was the county's treasurer, and by his mother, Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, who was a teacher. ... Two years later, in 1934, Steinbeck won the O. ... In 1936, "Of Mice and Men" whick was set around Soledad, was produced as a novel and then as a play. ... When Steinbeck went to see "Lifeboat", he wasn't happy with the product. ...

• Word Count: 1322
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

John Steinbeck explores these ideas in his book East of Eden. ... John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. ... Two years later, one of his more successful and popular books, Of Mice and Men, was written. ... Steinbeck's writing style seemed to do just that, show the faults of men and women, but at the same time showed how great the power of the human heart is. ... He risked his own life many times to save wounded men. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School