... migrate west to California for a better and more sustainable life. This is exactly what he did after college while working as a laborer. The last classic that Steinbeck wrote was East of Eden. Which follows the stories of how friendships are made between two families and friendships are an ideal aspect of life and they should not be taken for granted (Hinds 50 ... ...
... met Elaine Scott and then married her in 1950, with her he moved to New York City, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1952 he wrote East of Eden, which was largely autobiographical. In 1959 Stenbeck spent a year at Discove Cottage in England. After returning to the United States, Steinbeck traveled around the U.S. w/ his dog Charley and published ... ...
... ) presents a morality tale about characters who supposedly represent middle-class society. Burning Bright (1950) preached universal brotherhood but was largely unsuccessful. Steinbeck devoted several years to his most ambitious project, East of Eden (1952; film, 1955), which paralleled the history of his mother's family and was an allegorical modernization of the biblical story of Adam. Subsequent novels proved anticlimactic--Sweet Thursday (1954 ... ...
