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In over thirty years of writing, from the late 1920s to the 1960s, Steinbeckhas given ample indication that he is not the naive proletarian he has attimes been called. His stories although almost always encouraging hisreader to sympathize with his proletariat style characters are much morevaried than this and it is believed by many critics that Steinbeck workedhard to lose his image of "communist radical". This is what ledSteinbeck's harshest critics to challenge those that offered praise toSteinbeck. It is true that a majority of Steinbeck's stories dealt with poorunder privileged characters but Steinbeck also delt with other themes thatwhere influenced by what he experienced in life. In contrast to what thecritics have said Steinbeck is a writer who diligently exposed issues of the30 year period and those issues which where close to his heart. His subjectmatter tended to be simple, but varied. For example, historical romance(cup of gold), myth (To a god unknown), ionic realism (the pasture ofheaven) and epic folk (The grapes of wrath) are examples of subjectsThrough out his literary career Steinbeck was influenced by many political,
Steinbeck believed that "the line between hunger an anger is athin line, and in many places around this country the line is being crossed". In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. When the first world war ended Steinbeck was sixteen, too young to havetaken part. Through these influences Steinbeck was able to create many books thatencouraged his reader to critically think about themes that carried amessage to its reader. With his strongideas on political issues it became inevitable that these ideas would becomean influence in his writing. So indeed Steinbeck was not a political radical but a kind of new dealdemocrat with strong ideas of right and wrong, and a deep respect for therights a human has to live as a humane a life as possible. Steinbeck was nota dangerous communist that threatened American societies values but wasan individual who was influenced by political ideas at the time. As wellas writing books to aid in America's quest in the war Steinbeck also wentto Hollywood to produce various humorous films to boost the morale ofthose feeling depressed by the war. Steinbeck was one ofthe majority of American's who believed America ought to take part in thefight against fascism in Europe. It is alsobelieved by many critics that The Great Depression is just the kind of eventthat Steinbeck was waiting for that would give him an opportunity toexpress feelings on the rich taking advantage of the poor. One major influence in Steinbeck's writing was born when his first twomarriages ended in divorce. The result of what hesaw at war came to pen in the form of "East of Eden" in which Steinbeckcritisises wars as opposed to his pro war comments in the novels "TheMoon is Down" and "The Story of a Bomber". The Great Depression allowed Steinbeck to express those issues which where very close to his heart, which were even so before theonset of the Great Depression. The Three books mentioned abovewhich dealt with aspects of the Great Depression effectively present theauthors concerns to his readers through a rather moral point of view. Steinbeck wrote not to inspire, provoke or condemn, but to help his readersunderstand aspects of life he found bewildering and unfair.
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