... the major influences. World War 2 was when he was working for the federal government as a writer, so his works focused on greed and materialism in the beings of modern civilization, Cannery Row and The Wayward Bus are two good examples of this idea. (www2.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/) During the 1940 Steinbeck faltured both proffessionaly and personaly. He divorced his wife Carol in ... ...

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