John Steinbeck
Caessar Saldana
May 5, 2013
Eng. II Lang Comp AP
Brown – Pd. 5
Life and Works of the Great American Writer John Steinbeck
“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” * John Steinbeck
(“Steinbeck, John”, Q.B.). These words, spoken by the California born author John Steinbeck, fully embody his life and capture the essence of his writing.
There are many things that made him such a renowned writer. His experiences during his many jobs gave him much insight and conception to his depiction of the lives of the workers and the state of the country. Steinbeck also was well known for his writing style. His descriptive and thought provoking tales went to the heart of many social and personal problems he witnessed through his lifetime. Not only were they well thought out, but also well written. Steinbeck was a master at imagery and rhetoric through description that not only painted the portrait of the story, but also the emotion, climate, and mood. He was also a versatile writer who explored many different writing styles with strong, direct expression. John Steinbeck was a provoking and influential California-raised American writer whose stories provided an accurate depiction of the twentieth century.
John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in the small farming town of Salinas, located on the mouth of the Salinas River in California. He was the son of Olive Hamilton Steinbeck and John Ernst (French 13). Being a small town kid, Steinbeck lived close to the country. He usually worked as a farm hand on a sugar beet farm near his home (“Life of John Steinbeck”, 123Helpme). Because his mother was a school teacher, she instilled the love of writing and reading to young Steinbeck (Florence). He began to write at an early age, taking a liking to describing his life experiences in the fertile valleys of
May 5, 2013
Eng. II Lang Comp AP
Brown – Pd. 5
Life and Works of the Great American Writer John Steinbeck
“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” * John Steinbeck
(“Steinbeck, John”, Q.B.). These words, spoken by the California born author John Steinbeck, fully embody his life and capture the essence of his writing.
There are many things that made him such a renowned writer. His experiences during his many jobs gave him much insight and conception to his depiction of the lives of the workers and the state of the country. Steinbeck also was well known for his writing style. His descriptive and thought provoking tales went to the heart of many social and personal problems he witnessed through his lifetime. Not only were they well thought out, but also well written. Steinbeck was a master at imagery and rhetoric through description that not only painted the portrait of the story, but also the emotion, climate, and mood. He was also a versatile writer who explored many different writing styles with strong, direct expression. John Steinbeck was a provoking and influential California-raised American writer whose stories provided an accurate depiction of the twentieth century.
John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in the small farming town of Salinas, located on the mouth of the Salinas River in California. He was the son of Olive Hamilton Steinbeck and John Ernst (French 13). Being a small town kid, Steinbeck lived close to the country. He usually worked as a farm hand on a sugar beet farm near his home (“Life of John Steinbeck”, 123Helpme). Because his mother was a school teacher, she instilled the love of writing and reading to young Steinbeck (Florence). He began to write at an early age, taking a liking to describing his life experiences in the fertile valleys of
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