Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except each other and a dream ?? a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in Californias Salinas Valley, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie, struggling […]
Throughout John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath, the author uses spare prose to complement his protagonists difficulty expressing their needs and desires. Still considered the authors masterpiece, the work is undergoing a critical reevaluation as scholars debate its merits as a universal story of human endurance. The title, John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath, part […]
Cannery Row takes place on a small street lined with sardine fisheries in Monterey known as Cannery Row. It revolves around the people living there during the Great Depression: Lee Chong, the local grocer; Doc, a marine biologist based on Steinbecks friend Ed Ricketts; and Mack, the leader of a group of bums. It is […]