John Steinbeck And The American Dream

John Steinbeck is important to American Literature because of his realist perspective that opened the minds of readers to the dark reality of the American Dream. The themes in his stories The Grapes of Wrath and Tortilla Flats give a dark perspective on the difficulty of living for everyone, from owners of corporations to the people on the bottom. John Steinbeck is a historically significant figure because of his literature that had an outrageous impact on readers. His works were often censored, sometimes not sold at all because of the controversial materials in them. There were rumors that the FBI was monitoring him and auditing his taxes just to annoy him. He fought the government to speak for the people he thought didn’t have a voice,