... undeveloped because Steinbeck leaves little for the reader to discover about them. He tells all the relevant background information about a character as soon as that character is introduced. The character in question is then given a family/societal role. After that, his or her behavior within that role is mainly affected by the events of his or her past. One of the first examples of this tendency is Uncle John ... . Before we meet him, Tom describes the events of Uncle John's life ... an army outpost, killing "only" about 15,000 men. No comment on the tragedy. No explanation about how 1...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . `The Grapes of Wrath` is evaluated as a document rather as a novel. Even aside from this fact, the novel had the vulnerability of all social fiction - it was subject to attack on it facts. Steinbeck was accused of giving an untrue picture of migrants` life (for example in `Grapes of Gladness` and `The Truth About John Steinbeck and the Migrants`); however, professors of sociology, ministers and government officials put themselves on record that the writer`s information was accurate. The book ... itself was banned and burned on both political and pornographic grounds. There were some ex...

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

... judge one novel on the basis of another. John Steinbeck's most famous novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", is a protest novel, but is it right to give Of Mice and Men the same label without analyzing it? In order to make a decision one must take a look at the views of protest. In the first instance the reader must look for shown protest, as in racism, the treatment of old people, loneliness, and the treatment of people with mental ... (Steinbeck 27) and after George's inquiry, Candy begins telling about the black stable buck. The statement "Sure. Ya see the stable buck's a nigger- (Steinbeck 28)...

• Word Count: 2138
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School