The Pearl About John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. His father, John Steinbeck, Sr. was the County Treasurer and his mother, Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, was a former school teacher. As a youth, he worked as a ranch hand and fruit picker. St...

" As nearly perfect as any book can be. It is straightforward, it has simplicity and unsentimental tragedy, and it has a swift, unforced style, which stamps it as permanent. " Humbert Wolfe In this classic novella, which established him as one of the world's most celebrated write...

A Character Analysis on two novels: Lord of the Flies & Of Mice and Men Authors in the Twentieth Century gravitated toward literature that would strengthen the every day man. Presenting protagonist characters and the events that shape their lives as they are, create a certain amount of excellen...