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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love Steinbeck because he loves humanity and unfailingly grants his characters the dignity inherent to all people. Can't read him any other way and am always surprised to encounter people who find his books depressing or misanthropic. Anyway, this may now be my favorite book of all time, but it's a close race with East of Eden.
Written at a time of unrest and presenting the grotesque picture of Dustbowl migration with a human spirit and chatter. Steinbeck is a frustrating writer with the banal exposition he feels it necessary to place between episodic struggles - but here, in contrast to works like East of Eden, it serves as essential backdrop to an incredible story of American perseverance.
For many, this must be among their first novels read. It's clear to see why it's taught in schools describing as it does the economic transformation of the Western States. In that we see born a true dichotomy that still has yet to restructure. The agricultural industry continues to be placed under the strain of their creditors, contributing to the steady decay of all those who require the food it cultivates. Teach the children the extent to which one can find himself indebted without say.
Reading this novel I see how much it has contributed to American lore, and how it presents in such detail what have now become tropes paraded across the country. On the road, the family encounter a gas station whose owners have attempted to rebrand themselves with bold, yellow paint. And who can forget how that coat cracks, and the nails rust, in the heat of a financial catastrophe?
For many, this must be among their first novels read. It's clear to see why it's taught in schools describing as it does the economic transformation of the Western States. In that we see born a true dichotomy that still has yet to restructure. The agricultural industry continues to be placed under the strain of their creditors, contributing to the steady decay of all those who require the food it cultivates. Teach the children the extent to which one can find himself indebted without say.
Reading this novel I see how much it has contributed to American lore, and how it presents in such detail what have now become tropes paraded across the country. On the road, the family encounter a gas station whose owners have attempted to rebrand themselves with bold, yellow paint. And who can forget how that coat cracks, and the nails rust, in the heat of a financial catastrophe?
could go on about Steinbeck forever. the way he follows multiple characters, especially in this one, and shows unique conflict through each of them, is so priceless.
slow-paced
Should be obligatory reading to anyone who wants to undestand why things are the way they are. The movies, despite being great, is rubbish compared to this.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No