In his early years of education, Steinbeck excelled greatly in literature. ... After high school, he continued on to study literature at Stanford University. ... There was racism and hatred toward African American people. and towards the Native American population. ... For a national book award for fiction, to a Nobel prize in literature (Tuttleton). ... He changed literature forever and will continue to leave a legacy in people today. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This potential for emotional growth and adaptation combined with the reader's relatability to such characters allows anti-heroes to become increasingly popular in fictional works of literature. ... As a result of these differences, many of them were hunted down and hanged by the non-mutants, similar to the unfair treatment and racial discrimination that African Americans received. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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Thanks to a generous gift from Pauline's Uncle, they took a much-anticipated African safari, which lasted several months. ... He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. ... In addition, he had never fully recovered from injuries sustained in two planes crashes while on a second safari in Africa. ...

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• Grade Level: High School