Steinbeck grew up in California and many of his novels were set there. His works are based upon the issues of the time and setting. His novels “The Grapes of Wrath” and “Of Mice and Men” are cored around migrant farm workers in California that are affected by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Many of his novels are about society's lowest class during the 30’s, in which he sympathizes with them. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for his novel, “The Grapes of Wrath”. This novel is about a poor Oklahoma family traveling to California to find a new life during this difficult era. The entire nation was in ruins and felt the

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