How Did John Steinbeck Influence The Society

People like Martin Luther King JR. have contributed so much to our society, and have caused a mass amount of change that has changed our world and society for the better. It wasn’t easy though, he had to rebel against everyone in his life and rebel against society and even his place in society. He did it though, and he howled about and criticized all the things that needed to change in order to make America the great place it was meant to be. He was a hero and a renegade, and he helped pave the way for rebellion to be embedded into the American identity. This influence is visible all throughout American Literature and throughout our American Culture, a howl for rebellion is a basis for the identity that lives within everyone, as represented
Steinbeck wrote two non-fiction novels that both howl against the mistreatment of migrant workers and unsheathed the truth of how horrible their lives were at the time. He did this at the time when people just wanted to forget how mistreated they were, and wanted to pretend it wasn’t happening, but Steinbeck needed to change that so that these workers could receive the justice they deserved. He wrote both Harvest Gypsies and The Grapes Of Wrath without censorship or restrictions, he wanted to uncover everything. He wrote about how their houses were mere cardboard shacks that became soaked and molded from the rain, sun, and the earth. How people didn’t have real bathrooms, or beds, and often starved to death. He wrote how these people took whatever wages they could get, fighting against one another, fighting for the lowest pay possible. Farm owners and employers didn’t care about these people, because they were saving money and they were becoming richer and Steinbeck addresses that, exposing how disgusting these people were being. That’s what makes Steinbeck another important example of rebellion being the heart of the American identity and how howling helps to change the world the way they