Travels With Charley
John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley was adventerous, deep, and calm. John Steinbeck travels across the country before he passes away because he knows that he is sick and wants to the country before he dies. “A trip…is an entity, different from all other journeys. It has personality, temperament, individuality and uniqueness. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.” (4). This quote shows how deep John Steinbeck can be. Also shows how adventourous he can be as well.
John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His father was County Treasurer and his mother, a former schoolteacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and attended classes at Stanford University, leaving in 1925 without a degree. He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA. His first novel, "Cup of Gold," was published in 1929. During the 1930s, he produced most of his famous novels "To a God Unknown," "Tortilla Flat," "In Dubious Battle," "Of Mice and Men," and his Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Grapes of Wrath". In 1941, he moved with the singer who would become his second wife to New York City. They had two sons, Thom born in 1944 and John IV born in 1946. In 1948, his close friend Ed Ricketts died, he went through a divorce, he took a tour of Russia, and he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 17 of Steinbecks works have been made into movies. He received three Academy Award nominations. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. US President Lyndon Johnson awarded him the United States Medal of Freedom in 1964, and John soon died in 1968.
John Steinbeck had the desire to travel across the country on a personal level. So this provoked John to plan his driving tour which started at his house in
John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His father was County Treasurer and his mother, a former schoolteacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and attended classes at Stanford University, leaving in 1925 without a degree. He was variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and factory worker. In 1925, he traveled from Los Angeles to New York, where he was a construction worker. From 1926-1928, he was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe, CA. His first novel, "Cup of Gold," was published in 1929. During the 1930s, he produced most of his famous novels "To a God Unknown," "Tortilla Flat," "In Dubious Battle," "Of Mice and Men," and his Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Grapes of Wrath". In 1941, he moved with the singer who would become his second wife to New York City. They had two sons, Thom born in 1944 and John IV born in 1946. In 1948, his close friend Ed Ricketts died, he went through a divorce, he took a tour of Russia, and he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 17 of Steinbecks works have been made into movies. He received three Academy Award nominations. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. US President Lyndon Johnson awarded him the United States Medal of Freedom in 1964, and John soon died in 1968.
John Steinbeck had the desire to travel across the country on a personal level. So this provoked John to plan his driving tour which started at his house in