Essays Tagged: "John Steinbeck"

Symbolism in Grapes of Wrath

avel to where life would be safe. Such is the story of the Joads. The Joads were the main family in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, a book which was written in order to show what a family was go ... l in his ways of trying to gain some respect for the migrants. Regardless of the critical opinions, John Steinbeck utilized symbolism as a forum to convey the hardships and attitudes of the citizens o ...

(11 pages) 192 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

they are reading in their head, as a 'virtual' movie. That is what separates them from each other. John Steinbeck is the author of the novel Of Mice and Men. The film director of the reproduced Of Mi ...

(2 pages) 115 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Of Mice and Men

Who doesn't know of John Steinbeck's classic novel 'Of Mice and Men'? It is a novel that almost everyone educated in the ... ry form the film because I was watching and listening to them, rather than just reading about them. John Malkovich's (Lennie), Gary Sinise's (George), and Ray Walton's (Candy) performances made the fi ...

(5 pages) 140 2 3.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

The eassy is about Lennie and his ability to love soft things in the film of John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men

In the film of John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, Lennie has a problem of keeping things alive. The fir ...

(2 pages) 40 0 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Critics on some of the characters in John Steinbeck's "The Pearl"

its an okay wrighting for John steinbeck's the pearl Excelant Idea ... Very CreativeEssay: The Pearl:I chose to write my essay ...

(3 pages) 99 0 4.4 Jan/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

A comparison between "The Great Depression "and "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck

e Small to the GreatDepression. The time that this story took place was during the GreatDepression. John Steinbeck captured the reality of this most difficult time.During the Great Depression people n ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Usage of Symbolism in The Grapes of Wrath

ed by migrant families moving west to find a better life. In order to achieve the affect he wanted, John Steinbeck used an array of symbolism, from transcendentalism, to foreshadowing, to biblical all ...

(1 pages) 74 1 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

loyalty in "The odyssey" by Homer and "The Pearl" by Steinbeck

trait, but it can lead to either positive or negative consequences. In Homer's epic The Odyssey and John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl there are characters that show great examples of this trait. Penelo ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck, A Common Man's Man

"I never wrote two books alike", once said John Steinbeck (Shaw, 10). That may be true, but I think that he wrote many of his novels and short ... beck's back ground and concern for the common man made him one of the best writers for human rights.John Steinbeck was born in Salians, California and spent most of his life there or around Salians, b ... ing and traveled to California with them, sharing in with their hardships (Steinbeck, 127). Because John Steinbeck was able to travel with theOkies, he was able to accurately portray them and their st ...

(5 pages) 72 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

ThePearl, a story about a Mexian Indian women. By Steinbeck

bout an Mexican Indian man and woman, set in the early to mid-1900's, in Bolivia. It was written by John Steinbeck as a short fiction book that tells of thefamily's life just before, during, and just ...

(5 pages) 35 0 4.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Grapes of Wrath, a novel by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of Amer ...

(5 pages) 89 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

"The Pearl" by Steinbeck

The Pearl by John Steinbeck seems like a very simple book on the outside. The story is about a poor man whose new ...

(6 pages) 82 1 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Biblical Allusions and Imagery in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"

John Steinbeck always makes it a point to know about his subjects first hand. His stories always hav ... Noah's Ark:3'. . . the rest swarmed up on top of the load, Connie and Rose of Sharon, Pa and Uncle John, Ruthie and Winfield, Tom and the preacher. Noah stood on the ground looking up at the great lo ... asized by the scripture verse, a direct3quotation from Lot, which Tom uses to bury him with.5 Uncle John's character resemblesthat of the Biblical character Ananias because he withholds money from the ...

(7 pages) 170 0 4.2 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

"The grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. The author and his time

He didn't know it at the time, but John Steinbeck started getting ready to write The Grapes of Wrath when he was a small boy in Califor ... of what he saw and heard while growing up found its way into the novel. On weekends his father took John and his three sisters on long drives out into the broad and beautiful valleys south of Salinas, ... ee sisters on long drives out into the broad and beautiful valleys south of Salinas, the town where John was born in 1902. John passed vast orchards, and endless fields green with lettuce and barley. ...

(8 pages) 124 0 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck's "Indubious Battle"

John Steinbeck's, In Dubious Battle is a relentlessly faced-paced, novel of social unrest and the st ...

(8 pages) 78 0 1.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

"The Grapes of Wrath", by Steinbeck - Critical Analysis

osing into their reader. This is often a philosophy derived at from their own personal experiences. John Steinbeck is no exception to this. When traveling through his native Californian in the mid-193 ... accusation that the Okies are animals with no human characteristics at all. The characters of Uncle John and Pa help to build a dam to prevent the rising waters from entering the boxcar that they are ...

(9 pages) 172 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

"Grapes Of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Speaks of the awakening Of the main characterTom Joad

Grapes of Wraith by John Steinbeck portrayed the awakening of a man's conscience dealing with his troubling trials throu ... ter visiting the land the Joad family had lived on for many years Tom and Jim traveled to his uncle John's house nearby. There Tom meets his family as they are making preparations to leave for Califor ...

(2 pages) 62 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

"The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

In John Steinbeck's The Pearl, a destitute pearl diver finds a giant pearl with whichhe hopes to buy pe ... cdepictions of life, portrays this motif through Kino, the doctor, Coyotito, and the town of LaPaz. John Earnst Steinbeck, author of The Pearl and many other stories, was born onFebruary 27, 1902, in ...

(3 pages) 66 0 4.3 Jul/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

"Grapes of Wrath" and Of "Mice and Men" by Steinbeck, Character Study

The American Novelist, John Steinbeck was a powerful writer of dramatic stories about good versus bad. His own views on wri ...

(4 pages) 57 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Steinbeck's "Grapes of wrath" A novel about the conditions the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived under

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of Amer ...

(5 pages) 75 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck