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The Moon is Down

Set in contemporary time The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck portrays a story of the struggles of war. The book was published in 1942, which was the time when American was just rearming for World War II. Norway, Denmark, Holland, and France were all occupied. The country in this book that is under occupation is Norway. In this story the town is anonymous though peace loving and small such as Norway. A stronger country invades them, which is supposed to represent Germany. It takes place during the winter mainly at the Mayor's palace. The story's setting in such a small place allows the reader to get an intimate look at the strategies and thoughts of the "conquered and the conquerors" during wartime. This book served as war propaganda and possession of the book resulted in death. This simple story gave those who were under the occupation of the "Leader" or Hitler, great hope of surviving. The purpose of The Moon is Down is to make a mockery of war and how pointless it is. Also Steinbeck wanted to show that in the end the free individuals prevail because they are stronger in the long run than a totalitarian power.


Though it is nighttime, there is no moon, meaning no light meaning only darkness, meaning evil with no hope of goodness. You may rape her, or protect her, or marry her-that is of no importance so long as you shoot her when it is ordered. " This feeling especially occurred after the soldiers were treated coldly by all the townspeople. and in time of need leader pop up among us like mushrooms. "Another theme is that good will always triumph over evil. Mayor Orden represents good, standing for democracy and the will of the people. yes, it's a big cloud; maybe it will pass over" speaking of the invaders with hope that the trouble will end soon. This is because As Mayor Orden said the one impossible thing to do is " To break a man's spirit permanently," The people "want to be free" said Dr. The town's people upon being captured turned into cold hard people expressing little emotion to show the soldiers that they were strong even though they were dying on the inside. "Thus it came about that the conquerors grew afraid of the conquered and their nerves wore thin.

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