The Struggle In John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Dying of hunger and thirst, having just traveled halfway across the country in hope of a better life, many migrants are turned away by farmers and plantation owners, or are coerced into working for unfit wages. These are American people during the 1930’s suffering from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Up until John Steinbeck, they were suffering largely unaware from the public eye, since most everyone else had, to some degree, problems of their own. John Steinbeck was able to research what was really going on and give the public more information into their plight.
Earlier in time, in the year 1902, John Steinbeck was born. He grew up and lived in the Salinas valley in California which was a farming area. His family …show more content…
He began writing books, mostly taking place in the Salinas valley, but didn’t hit it big until the creation of Tortilla Flat. Following that, Steinbeck created his three main works on the poor farmers and labourers of the time. In Dubious Battle, which was written first, was intended to be a biography of a strike organizer, but turned into a novel that was one of the first insights to the labor conditions of the poor in America. Next, he wrote Of Mice and Men, followed by his arguably most famous novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The San Francisco News wanted him to research the workers living in roadside camps in California, which he did by writing newspaper installments titled The Harvest Gypsies. Following the articles, he wrote his novel which was a huge success winning the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for …show more content…
This led to a downfall in his personal life, and the end of his marriage. After a few years, he wrote a nonfiction biology book, and when the war started, wrote a few non fiction war novels. Meanwhile, he wrote several fiction war stories, and gave a small look at a community of Mexican pearl divers with the writing of The Pearl. Once it came to the 1950’s Steinbeck’s writing took a decline, but after writing The Winter of Our Discontent, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Following that, he only completed two other novels, Travels With Charley, which received mixed reviews, and his final book America and Americans. Following frequent strokes, John Steinbeck died in his home in New York the twentieth of December,
Dying of hunger and thirst, having just traveled halfway across the country in hope of a better life, many migrants are turned away by farmers and plantation owners, or are coerced into working for unfit wages. These are American people during the 1930’s suffering from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Up until John Steinbeck, they were suffering largely unaware from the public eye, since most everyone else had, to some degree, problems of their own. John Steinbeck was able to research what was really going on and give the public more information into their plight.
Earlier in time, in the year 1902, John Steinbeck was born. He grew up and lived in the Salinas valley in California which was a farming area. His family …show more content…
He began writing books, mostly taking place in the Salinas valley, but didn’t hit it big until the creation of Tortilla Flat. Following that, Steinbeck created his three main works on the poor farmers and labourers of the time. In Dubious Battle, which was written first, was intended to be a biography of a strike organizer, but turned into a novel that was one of the first insights to the labor conditions of the poor in America. Next, he wrote Of Mice and Men, followed by his arguably most famous novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The San Francisco News wanted him to research the workers living in roadside camps in California, which he did by writing newspaper installments titled The Harvest Gypsies. Following the articles, he wrote his novel which was a huge success winning the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for …show more content…
This led to a downfall in his personal life, and the end of his marriage. After a few years, he wrote a nonfiction biology book, and when the war started, wrote a few non fiction war novels. Meanwhile, he wrote several fiction war stories, and gave a small look at a community of Mexican pearl divers with the writing of The Pearl. Once it came to the 1950’s Steinbeck’s writing took a decline, but after writing The Winter of Our Discontent, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Following that, he only completed two other novels, Travels With Charley, which received mixed reviews, and his final book America and Americans. Following frequent strokes, John Steinbeck died in his home in New York the twentieth of December,