... thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their greediness and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too - in a net of good and evil. There is no other story. A man will have only one question left at the end of is life: was it good or was it evil? And all novels, all poetry, are built on the never ending contest in ourselves between good and evil." John Steinbeck explores ... short stories. In Dubious Battle was about a farm workers" strike in California. Two years later, one of his more successful and popular books, Of Mice and Men, was written. It was followed by The Long ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... important role in the novel. Steinbeck had dealt with this theme of man`s relationship to the land earlier - in `To a God Unknown` and `Of Mice and Men`. In these works the relationship is mystical, symbolic and mythical. These values persist in `The Grapes of Wreath`, the earth motive serves two main functions: first, to signify love; and second, to signify endurance. At first Grampa is enthusiastic about the ... we told what the characters feel or think, only what they do or say. The novel`s materials do make a climatic ending difficult. `stopping at the peak` solves the problem. By thi...

• Word Count: 2399
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School